02523cim a2200385 4500 1022575978 TxAuBib 20181022120000.0 990720s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781611764772 1611764777 45400 Penguin Audio. 7512 7512 7512 TxAuBib Brooks, Geraldine. The secret chord [CD audiobook] : a novel / Geraldine Brooks. New York : Penguin Audio, 2015. 11 sound discs (ca. 13 hr.) : digital, ; 4 3/4 in. Read by Paul Boeher. A man of contradictory impulses, David was also a brutal and pitiless warrior living in “a culture of blood revenge.” In his younger years he was an outlaw and renegade, a raider and marauder. He was greedy, vain, intemperate, stubborn, and ruthlessly pragmatic. He loved his wives, however (at least most of them), and doted on his sons and daughter. His outstanding achievement was to unite the tribes of Judah and Israel to establish the first Hebrew kingdom. Brooks develops David’s complex personality and the bloody events of his tumultuous times through the narration of his prophet, Natan, of whom there is a tantalizing mention in the Bible (Chronicles). This format allows Natan to speak with various members of David’s family, his generals and soldiers, and even his enemies. Central to the narrative are a prediction and a curse. Through Natan, God (always called “the Name”) first promises David a throne, an empire, and a line of descendants. Later Natan foretells tragedy; David “will be scalded by the consequences of his choices” and will pay for the deaths he has caused “four times over.”. 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. Unabridged. Compact discs. 20181022. David King of Israel Fiction. Talking books. Books on CD. Bible Old Testament History of Biblical events Fiction. Israel King and rulers Fiction. History fiction. Religious fiction. Biographical fiction. Boehmer, Paul. Penguin Audio (Firm). TXNES