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  • Michal: A Novel

  • Wives of King David Series, Book 1
  • By: Jill Eileen Smith
  • Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
  • Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (190 ratings)

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Michal: A Novel

By: Jill Eileen Smith
Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
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As the daughter of King Saul, Michal lives a life of privilege - but one that is haunted by her father's unpredictable moods and by competition from her beautiful older sister. When Michal falls for young David, the harpist who plays to calm her father, she has no idea what romance, adventures, and heartache await her.

As listeners enter the colorful and unpredictable worlds of King Saul and King David, they will be swept up in this exciting and romantic story. Against the backdrop of opulent palace life, raging war, and desert escapes, Jill Eileen Smith takes her fans on an emotional roller-coaster ride as Michal deals with love, loss, and personal transformation as one of the wives of David. A sweeping tale of passion and drama, listeners will love this amazing story.

©2009 Jill Eileen Smith (P)2019 Tantor
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love this book lives of King David

I truly enjoyed this book. it was a good pace and follow the Bible not sure about the characters but it has a lot of Truth as to what happened in the Bible i I enjoy historical books of the times of Jesus.

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Beautifully Written

Eileen Smith has become one of my favorite authors. The way she intertwines the Word and this story is really awesome! I’ve listened to this story several times and it’s new to me each time.

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heartfelt WOW!

Loved it! Amazing to see Through Michal's eyes, be with her in all her Hardships.

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Great

loved it, narrative is good, story good, like how each part starts with scripture I know

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Michal

I have learned so much about the power of forgiveness. The same being true for unforgiveness , as being a source of power to let in evil into our hearts, minds and souls . This book was very well written and performed lending an open door to discovering God's ways.

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Great story line.

Loved it. I will be listening to ot again. The story fallowed biblical amd Historic documents well. The Narrator was pleasent to listen to

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Love the historical references

I really enjoyed this historical fiction story and the biblical references, It makes you want to go back to the source, the Bible, and follow along the timeline. David is such a complex man of God. I enjoyed learning and being inspired to research Michal on my own. I enjoy this author's style of writing. I will definitely read the others!

This is the first narration I have heard by Ms. Beaulieu. I found myself distracted by the halting cadence Ms. Beaulieu fell in to while performing. I even tried to read along with the narration, but it didn't help. Overall, this didn't make me stop listening, but it lessened my overall enjoyment.

Mature Content: none

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very enjoyable story!

I enjoyed the story, with the verses from the Bible. The narrator did a great job as well.

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Excellent storyline narrator was to robotic

The narrator is very robotic very choppy The book has a good storyline The characters were developed well and was biblical based but The narrator was difficult to listen to.

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Heart pounding

Love, selfish ambition, loss, bitterness, shame, forgiveness, and redemption... a story that touches all of us in one way or another.

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