num_pages: 258
description: All anyone wants to hear about is the giant. For those who never knew the man only his legendits all they ever ask. Did he do this? Did he say that? Was he afraid? Was he beautiful?Do they think his life narrows down to this one thingsums up in this single moment? Do they think running toward danger explains him? Clearly they never knew him.So I will tell. But I will have to take you back there to make you understand.So begins Mark Buchanans trilogy of novels vividly recreating the life and times of David a man of many contradictions  poet killer God-lover adulterer brigand fugitive war hero. Its a tale told through many eyes those who love David and those who dont in details both intimate and epic. Three thousand years after he lived David: Rise reminds us why he still captures our imagination and rivets our attention.
language: English
title: David: Rise
publisher: M. A. Buchanan Inc.