The Silk Merchant of Sychar

<p>One woman five husbands and a weary rabbi at the well who knows everything she ever did.</p><p>The day after they bury her husband Leah Marcellus loses her baby. A widow and childless what man will want her now?</p><p>Her father arranges a second marriage – a profitable business arrangement – sealed on Mount Gerizim the holy mountain where every true follower of Yahweh worships. But Leah’s heart belongs to another. Her passion only brings trouble - jealousy murder and lies.</p><p>Leah’s skill at the loom and the secrets of dye – the woad the murex and madder – brings her renown among the Roman women of wealth.<br />Yet death and betrayal soon steal her security. Leah is determined to protect her family ... at any cost.</p><p>From the olive groves of Samaria to the bloodied sand of a Roman stadium to the exquisite silks brought from the East The Silk Merchant of Sychar weaves colour into the biblical account of the woman at the well.</p>