Bathsheba Author:Roberta Kells Dorr One stifling summer evening in Jerusalem, lovely young Bathsheba goes to the roof of her house to bathe. When a noise startles her, she covers herslef quickly. — But unseen on the palace roof, a man is watching-King David himself. Impulsively he dispatches a message that will ultimately spawn adultery, murder, suicide, war, and the diversion of t... more »he kingdom of Israel. Bathsheba is the story of a woman whose beauty overwhelmed a king and brought disgrace to a nation. It is the story of battles fought on the sun-baked plains of ancient Israel...of palace intrigue and village romance...ofg lust and devotion, treachery and responsibility.« less