"A page turner. . .Brooks is a master at bringing the past alive. .
.in her skillful hands the issues of the past echo our own deepest
concerns: love and loss, drama and tragedy, chaos and brutality." -
Alice Hoffman, The Washington Post 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 Mikhal,
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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