Absalom and Achitophel advice of the double agent Hushai over the good advice of Achitophel. Achitophel, realising that the rebellion is doomed to failure, goes home and hangs himself. Absalom is killed (against David's explicit commands) after getting caught by his hair in the thick branches of a great oak tree: "His head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on" (NRSV 2 Sam. 18:9). The death of his son, Absalom, causes David enormous personal grief. A second allegory in the poem, beginning on line 425, is the
David Hair (The Ghost Bride) Book 3 - Souls in Exile Book 4 - King of Lanka Book 1 - Mage’s Blood Book 2 - Scarlet Tides Book 3 - Unholy War Book 4 - Ascendant's Rite Book 1 - Empress of the Fall Book 2 - Prince of the Spear The Killer App and other paranormal stories Kiwis at War David Hair David Hair is a successful international author from New Zealand who has written four fantasy series: Aotearoa, The Return of Ravana, The Moontide Quartet and his latest which incorporates adult themes, The Sunsurge Quartet. His first novel, The Bone