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Title: The Secret Chord
Author: Geraldine Brooks
Narrator: Paul Boehmer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-06-15
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
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.
It's 1000 BC. The Second Iron Age. The time of King David. Anointed as the chosen one when 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 power that brings David magnificently alive.
Critic Reviews:
"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)
"Brooks evokes times and place with keenly drawn detail...with the verve of an adroit storyteller...Ambitious and psychologically astute." (Publishers Weekly)
"This is the original Game of Thrones[Brooks provides] vivid characterizationseach of the members of [Davids] court comes into sharp relief as they play a part in Davids rise and fall. (Miami Herald)
"Thundering, gritty, emotionally devastating reconsideration of the story of King David. (New York Times Book Review)
"Mesmerising" (The Australian Womens Weekly)
Members Reviews:
lyrical, haunting, compelling
What did you love best about The Secret Chord?
it transports the reader to a time long past and reaquaints with characters that are familiar and archetypal. However, these characters are not merely shadowy images, but compelling men and women who struggle with the bloody whims of their their time. Beautifully written and great story telling.
What did you like best about this story?
Have you listened to any of Paul Boehmers other performances before? How does this one compare?
I will seek out other performances - it was superb
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
David's realisation of the gravity of his wrongdoing
Audible comes into its own for this book
If you could sum up The Secret Chord in three words, what would they be?
The story was good, but the best bit was listening to it with the correct pronunciation . I never would have read it like this.
What about Paul Boehmers performance did you like?
Excellent
Not sure audible is best medium for this book
The book was a bit hard to follow because the names were foreign I me and it was hard to follow then by hearing the names. I think it would have been easier had I been able to see them on a written page.
The narrator was good, but I didn't like his version of the female characters
I love Geraldine Brooks, but I would not say this is my favourite book of hers. I would not recommend it.
