David, the King (1946 Schmitt), novel

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David, the King (1946) is a novel by Gladys Schmitt.

Abstract

A best-selling novel on King David.

"The story of David, the spoiled shepherd poet who climbed into royal favor, betrayed King Saul and his people, took over the throne, ruled Israel in her march from primitivism to the brink of decadence, and declined among the dissensions, rapes, assassinations, and revolutionary plots of his children, then sought and found his God."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in New York, NY: Dial Press, 1946.

External links

  • [ Google Books]