In this special event for Sydney Writers' Festival Geraldine Brooks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of People of the Book, Year of Wonders and March, spoke with Kate Evans about her latest novel. The Secret Chord reimagines the story of King David's extraordinary rise to power and fall from grace. In a life that arcs from obscurity to fame, David is by turns hero and traitor, glamorous young tyrant and beloved king, murderous despot and remorseful, diminished patriarch. Filled with both violence and tenderness, The Secret Chord is a compelling portrait of a morally complex hero by one of Australia’s most celebrated literary icons.

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