King David

by Allan Massie

Book Overview

As in the Roman novels "Augustus", "Tiberius" and "Caesar", the author explores the complexity of King David: shepherd-boy and the chosen of the Lord; giant-killer and national hero; outcast and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340659904
• ISBN13: 9780340659908
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Sceptre
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating exploration of David's possible thoughts

While admirably written, the real power of this book is its thoughtful examination of David's mental process. Through David's candid first-person narration in the form of a confession-like retrospective given near the end of his life, Massie effectively animates a wonderfully complex, conflicted character who is simulatenously simple in his faith, on the one hand, and offensively arrogant in his lust and ambition, on the other. Whether authentically capturing David's true thoughts or not, the book prompted me to ponder the life, attitude and feelings of David in a way that made him much more real and subtle than the monolithic conception I had previously gained from Sunday School. It really transported me to the time and the place of the novel.