The Cub's Mistress" takes place in the last years of the Kingdom of Judah, encompassing the last part of the reign of Josiah and the reigns of Jehoiakim and Jehoichin. The Northern Kingdom (Israel) has long since disappeared at the hands of the Assyrians and its people have gone into exile. Assyria itself as been marginalized as the Babylonian Empire has extended its tentacles into the Levant. Many in Judah are foolishly looking to Egypt for protection against this threat from the East, and as a … [Read more...] about The Cub´s Mistress by S. & E. Bohstrom