David has asked Natan to use three sources who knew him before Natan became his friend. In 2 Samuel 23, King David and his friend Natan write David’s biography. Natan, the son of a vintner, joins David and his band of outlaws after David slays. Geraldine Brooks’s novel The Secret Chord is a fictionalized account of the biblical hero and king David. It falls to Natan, the courtier and prophet who both counsels and castigates David, to tell the truth about the path he must take.īrooks 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 enthral her many fans. In her latest historical novel, The Secret Chord, Brooks has chosen Natan the prophet to narrate David’s tale. His wives love and fear him, his sons will betray him. In a life that takes him from obscurity to fame, he is by turns hero and traitor, glamorous young tyrant and beloved king, murderous despot and remorseful, diminished patriarch. But his journey is a tumultuous one and the consequences of his choices will resound for generations. The time of King David.Īnointed as the chosen one when just a young shepherd boy, David will rise to be king, grasping the throne and establishing his empire. About the author (2015) Geraldine Brooks is the author of two acclaimed works of nonfiction, 'Nine Parts of Desire' and 'Foreign Correspondence.' A former war correspondent, her writing has. LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016ġ000 BC.
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