Tour Sign-Ups are now open for A NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED HURSTON MANUSCRIPT!!

December 12, 2024

Hi everyone! Are you ready to see what book it is??

We are so excited to be able to bring you a Creative Book Tour for The Life of Herod the Great by Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah G. Plant! Out on 7th January 2025 from Amistad. The tour will run from 7th to 13th January 2025 and we're looking for around 15+ book influencers to help us promote this book.

The Life of Herod the Great is a never before published novel from beloved author Zora Neale Hurston, revealing the historical Herod the Great—not the villain the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of valor and vision.

This tour is open internationally! We are looking for book content creators who can share their thoughts on Instagram, Tiktok, and Youtube. If selected, you’ll receive a confirmation email within a week from us.

Digital copies will be available for all tour hosts while physical copies will only be available for US-based hosts.

Scroll down to learn more about the book and sign up for this tour!

Here's another sneak peek at the cover:

In the 1950s, as a continuation of Moses, Man of the Mountain, Zora Neale Hurston penned a historical novel about one of the most infamous figures in the Bible, Herod the Great. In Hurston’s retelling, Herod is not the wicked ruler of the New Testament who is charged with the “slaughter of the innocents,” but a forerunner of Christ—a beloved king who enriched Jewish culture and brought prosperity and peace to Judea.

From the peaks of triumph to the depths of human misery, the historical Herod “appears to have been singled out and especially endowed to attract the lightning of fate,” Hurston writes. An intimate of both Marc Antony and Julius Caesar, the Judean king lived during the first century BCE, in a time of war and imperial expansion that was rife with political assassinations and bribery, as the old world gave way to the new.

Portraying Herod within this vivid and dynamic world of antiquity, little known to modern readers, Hurston’s unfinished manuscript brings this complex, compelling, and misunderstood leader fully into focus. Hurston shared her findings about Herod’s rise, his reign, and his waning days in letters to friends and associates. Text from three of these letters concludes the manuscript in an intimate way. Scholar-Editor Deborah Plant’s "Commentary: A Story Finally Told" assesses Hurston’s pioneering work and underscores Hurston’s perspective that the first century has much to teach us, and the lens through which to view this dramatic and stirring era is the life and times of Herod the Great.

Thank you for signing up for our tours! However, please keep in mind that signing up does not guarantee you a spot on the tour since copies are very limited. We always consider both small and big accounts that love to read and engage with the book community.

All the best,

Colored Pages Team

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