Saul

Terry Morgan, Giuseppe Tombesi, Giovacchino Gordini, Luigi Maria Viviani, Carlo Campostrini, E. Napoleone Pontecchi, Luigi Della Santa, Giovanni Bimboni, Alessandro Lanari, Vincenzo Battistini, Camillo Giuliani, Antonio Buzzi, Andrea Castellan, Maria Gazzaniga, Carlo Becattini, Giovanni Antonio Speranza, Grand-Duke of Tuscany Leopoldo, Achille De Bassini, Demetrio Masselli, Cosimo Canovetti, Carlo Romani, Leopoldo, Eugenio Mingozzi, Annibale Biacchi, Carlo Chapuy, Pietro Mattiozzi, Demetrio Chiavaccini, Carlo Alessandri, Felice Romani, Francesco Rossi, Italy Teatro Valle (Rome, Pietro Luchini, Ruth Neils and John M. Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection), Cesare Corazzi, Ranieri Mangani, Leopoldo Braschi, Luigi Pecori, Carlo Ferranti, Fausta Piombanti, Odorardo Ciabatti, Tommaso Tinti, Antonio Tosoroni, Guglielmo Pasquini, Gioachino Pocaterra, Egisto Mosell, Clotilde Steller, Giuseppe Calvi, Francesco Miniati, Lorenzo Carraresi, Giovanni Gianni, Fortunato Stocchi, Pietro Romani, Dionilla Santolini, Francesco Bartoli, Teatro Valle (Rome, Italy) — 2008

Terry Morgan's second novel, 'Saul', is a thrilling re-interpretation and re-telling of the foundation of the kingdom of Israel. Saul, a young warrior, is chosen as Israel's first king by the prophet Samuel. With the help of his family and his right-hand man, the scribe Horebshep, he seeks to establish a firm foundation for his nation in the teeth of violent and sometimes unexpected opposition. Terry Morgan's re-creation of the beginnings of the three-thousand year conflict between Israel and the Philistines is a tale of lasting love and broken friendships and of noble ideals and vaulting ambition. Familiar events and characters such as Saul, Samuel, David and Goliath are given a new twist as a story of love, adventure and betrayal unfolds. 'Saul' is a rattling good read, reminiscent of novels such as 'The Robe' and 'Spartacus'.