title: The Queen and the Heretic
author: Chalfant, William B.
description: Zenobia was the Queen of the Palmyrene Empire. She mysteriously protected and befriended a popular Christian bishop in Antioch, Paul of Samosata, known in history as possibly the greatest Christian "heretic" of the ancient world. William Chalfant's The Queen and the Heretic imagines their relationship as young star-crossed lovers in this fictional romance of adventure and love.