King David by Allan Massie

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King David by Allan Massie

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Summary

David, King of Israel now in old age, looks back to his charmed youth and his attempt to build a national monarchy under the favour of God. But as he accumulates power, he is killing his ability to inspire love.

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King David by Allan Massie

'David comes alive in this novel as a fascinating, divided self, but you also feel on finishing it that you have understood a little more about the extraordinary world of the Middle East from which so much of our own Judaeo-Christian religion and civilisation spring. Modern parallels are never forced - Massie to too subtle a writer for that - but this world of sex, intrigue, war and religious mania suggests constantly to the reader not memories of the Bible but events in the newspapers in that very Hebron where David ruled as king' AN Wilson, Evening Standard

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Allan Massie is the award-winning author of many novels, including his Roman Quartet, ANTONY, AUGUSTUS, TIBERIUS and CAESAR as well as several works of non-fiction. He lives in the Scottish Borders and writes for the Daily Telegraph and the Scotsman.
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ISBN 13 9780340659908
ISBN 10 0340659904
Title King David
Author Allan Massie
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Year published 1996-06-20
Number of pages 239
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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