Secret Chord, The: The Australian BestsellerA unique and vivid novel that retells the story of King David's extraordinary rise to power and fall from grace, from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of People of the Book, Year of Wonders and March, Geraldine Brooks. 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