The King's Cup-Bearer

The King's Cup-Bearer is a story by the British writer Amy Catherine Walton working under the pseudonym Mrs. O. F. Walton. Like most of her books, The King's Cup Bearer was inspired by the Bible's motives and was aimed at a children's audience. This time, Walton rewrites the motif of the biblical Book of Nehemiah (the beginning of the Book of Ezra). The story tells about a Jewish captive, Nehemiah, who served as the cupbearer to the Persian King Artaxerxes during the twentieth year of his reign.