The epic history of
three thousand years of faith, fanaticism, bloodshed, and coexistence, from
King David to the 21st century, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, from thebestselling author of The Romanovs • "Impossible to put down…. Vastly
enjoyable." —The New York Times Book Review
How did this small, remote town become the Holy City,
the “center of the world” and now the key to peace in the Middle
East? In a gripping narrative, Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals this
ever-changing city in its many incarnations, bringing every epoch and character
blazingly to life. Jerusalem’s biography is told
through the wars, love affairs, and revelations of the men and women who
created, destroyed, chronicled and believed in Jerusalem. As well as the many ordinary
Jerusalemites who have left their mark on the city, its cast varies from
Solomon, Saladin and Suleiman the Magnificent to Cleopatra, Caligula and
Churchill; from Abraham to Jesus and Muhammad; from the ancient world of
Jezebel, Nebuchadnezzar, Herod and Nero to the modern times of the Kaiser,
Disraeli, Mark Twain, Lincoln, Rasputin, Lawrence of Arabia and Moshe Dayan.
In this masterful narrative, Simon Sebag
Montefiore brings the holy city to life and draws on the latest
scholarship, his own family history, and a lifetime of study to show that the
story of Jerusalem is truly the story of the world.
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