David the King a Novel Author:Gladys Schmitt For ages, story tellers have told the story of David the shepherd boy who became King of Istael. Thousands of years old yet ever new, this is a tale whose fascination never fades, for David was God's most magnificent sinner and the prototype of all men. His spiritual evolvement from egoism and crassness to selflessness and deep understanding m... more »akes his story one of the most exciting and appealing ever told. Here is a man we can understand. We can feel his sorrows and rejoice with him in his victories. This is a new approach to Bible sources, one which uses the force and power of the Old Testament and the flexibility and clear outlook of modern writing. It is a portrait made so vivid and forceful through Miss Schmitt's sympathy and understanding that David becomes a man breathing with us, rather than a remote historical character. David the King, in the considered judgment of John Beecroft, Editor of the Literary Guild, "is destined to be considered one of the most original, one of the best written, one of the most interesting and fascinating books in many years."« less