Viking
October 2015
On Sale: October 6, 2015
Featuring: David
316 pages ISBN: 0670025771 EAN: 9780670025770 Kindle: B00SI02CHS Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
A rich and utterly absorbing novel about the life of King
David, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of People
of the Book and March.
With more than two million copies of her novels sold, New
York Times bestselling author Geraldine Brooks has
achieved both popular and critical acclaim. Now,
Brooks takes on one of literature’s richest and most
enigmatic figures: a man who shimmers between history and
legend. Peeling away the myth to bring David to life in
Second Iron Age Israel, Brooks traces the arc of his journey
from obscurity to fame, from shepherd to soldier, from hero
to traitor, from beloved king to murderous despot and into
his remorseful and diminished dotage.
The Secret Chord provides new context for some of the
best-known episodes of David’s life while also focusing on
others, even more remarkable and emotionally intense, that
have been neglected. We see David through the eyes of
those who love him or fear him—from the prophet Natan, voice
of his conscience, to his wives Mikal, Avigail, and
Batsheva, and finally to Solomon, the late-born son who
redeems his Lear-like old age. Brooks has an uncanny ability
to hear and transform characters from history, and this
beautifully written, unvarnished saga of faith, desire,
family, ambition, betrayal, and power will enthrall her many
fans.
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