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xii, 386 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Paperback -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 pow er and fall from grace. 1000 BC. The Second Iron Age. The time of King David. Anointed as the chosen one w hen just a young shepherd boy, David will rise to be king, grasping the throne and establishing his empire. But his journey is a tumultuous one and the consequences of his choices will resound for generations. 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. His wives love and fear him, his sons will betray him. It falls to Natan, the courtier and prophet who both counsels and castigates David, to tell the truth about the path he must take. 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. Full of drama and richly drawn detail, THE SECRET CHORD is a vivid story of faith, family, desire and pow er that brings David magnificently alive |
| Summary |
Traces the arc of King David's 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 |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Australian fiction |
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Maps on cover linings and endpapers |
| Audience |
General |
| Notes |
Shortlisted, Australian Booksellers Association Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award, 2016 |
| Subject |
David, King of Israel -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96011927 -- History of Biblical events http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006053 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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American fiction -- 21st century.
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Australian fiction -- 21st century.
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Australian fiction.
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Israel -- Kings and rulers -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115536
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Israel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79003285 -- Kings and rulers.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006295
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Biographical fiction.
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Christian fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Religious fiction.
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Fiction.
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| ISBN |
0733632173 |
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0733634281 |
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9780733632174 |
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9780733634284 (paperback) |
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