The King David Report
- ISBN-10
- 0810115379
- ISBN-13
- 9780810115378
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 257
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Author
- Stefan Heym
Description
In this retelling of one of the great Biblical stories, King Solomon commissions Ethan the Scribe to write the official history of King David. But Ethan finds another life behind the curtain that divides the past from the present--the story of a David who seduced, lied, bragged, and plundered his way to power. Ethan faces a dilemma. Which life should he write about?
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