![]() ![]() With stunning originality, acclaimed author Geraldine Brooks offers us a compelling portrait of a morally complex hero from this strange age - part legend, part history.įull of drama and richly drawn detail, The Secret Chord is a vivid story of faith, family, desire and power that brings David magnificently alive. ![]() It falls to Natan, the courtier and prophet who both counsels and castigates David, to tell the truth about the path he must take. His wives love and fear him, his sons will betray him. In a life that arcs from obscurity to fame, he is by turns hero and traitor, glamorous young tyrant and beloved king, murderous despot and remorseful, diminished patriarch. Brooks’s trademark is her ability to delve into universal and contemporary themes in historical contexts. Brooks was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 2005 novel March. But his journey is a tumultuous one, and the consequences of his choices will resound for generations. The Secret Chord covers the life of David from the Old Testament from his time as a young boy to his ascension to the throne of Israel and on into his old age. The Secret Chord is a 2015 novel by Australian-American writer Geraldine Brooks. Anointed as the chosen one when just a young shepherd boy, David will rise to be king, grasping the throne and establishing his empire. ![]() From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of People of the Book, Year of Wonders and March comes a unique and vivid novel that retells the story of King David's extraordinary rise to power and fall from grace. ![]()
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