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Son of Saul
Son of Saul
Son of Saul
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In this historical novel, Jonathan, son of Saul and one of the most widely admired characters in the Hebrew Bible, tells his own story, from his harsh and secret instruction in arms as a youth, through his father's sudden elevation to political power he did not want, to his father's decline into fear and madness with the appearance of the charismatic David. Despite being a hero of Israel's war to throw off Philistine domination, Jonathan lives an agony of divided loyalties: between his own vision of God and the ferocious decrees of the prophet Samuel; between his marriage and a forbidden friendship with a beautiful Canaanite priestess; between his father and David, destined to take the throne. Jonathan struggles in the middle ground between these conflicting claims until they find a resolution, on the bloody slopes of Mount Gilboa.

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Release dateAug 19, 2011
ISBN9781465752772
Son of Saul
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Arthur Douglas Ward

Arthur Douglas Ward graduated from Tufts University with a degree in English and minor concentrations in drama and Classics, after which he completed a Ph. D. in English at U.C. Berkeley. Longtime interests include reading, writing, and teaching poetry, fiction, and drama. Since boyhood, he has always been interested in ancient history, especially military history, and martial arts. He studied shotokan karate and was captain of the first Tufts University karate team iunder Shihan Kazumi Tabata; later, he earned black belts in judo at the University of California and in aikido at the Aikido Institute in Oakland, California and at the Iwama Dojo in Japan under the late Shihan Morihiro Saito. He taught both English and aikido at the College Preparatory School in Oakland, California, and at Oregon Episcopal School in Portland until his retirement in June of 2020. Besides academic writing, he has published a memoir of his father called "Missions," two one-act plays,and several poems. Recently he published a short story, "The Ghost Lovers," in the inaugural issue of the online journal Red Branch. Son of Saul is his first novel. He is currently finishing another novel in the fantasy/romance subgenre.

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