TY - BOOK AU - Flaubert,Gustave TI - Herodias AV - PQ PY - 2006/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Salome (Biblical figure) -- Fiction KW - Herodias -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Tales_(Flaubert); Release date is 2006-02-11; Produced by John Bickers and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Herodias" by Gustave Flaubert is a short story published in 1877 as part of Three Tales. Set in ancient Judea, the story retells the biblical account of John the Baptist's execution. During a lavish birthday celebration for Herod Antipas, his wife Herodias orchestrates a cunning plan involving her daughter Salomé to secure the prophet's beheading. As John has repeatedly insulted the royal family, the plot unfolds with calculated precision before an anxious crowd, ending as the Baptist's disciples await the coming Messiah. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1291 ER -