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Jerusalem: The Biography

by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Jerusalem: The Biography
Jerusalem: The Biography

Jerusalem's history: epic nexus of civilizations.

If you're fascinated by how the tapestry of history shapes our modern world, "Jerusalem: The Biography" offers an incredible narrative journey through the storied avenues of Jerusalem. With Simon Sebag Montefiore's vivid storytelling, you'll discover the city as a microcosm of global history, uncovering the intertwined pasts of faiths, empires, and cultures that still resonate powerfully today.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Jerusalem: The Biography

by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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ISBN: 9781474614399
Authors: Simon Sebag Montefiore
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date of Publication: 2020-09-17
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Religion, Travel, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Politics
Related Topics: World History, History, History, Biography, Politics, World History, Historical, Politics, Biography, History
Goodreads rating: 4.09
(rated by 12916 readers)

Description

The epic story of Jerusalem told through the lives of the men and women who created, ruled, and inhabited it. Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day, and the battlefield of today’s clash of civilizations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is the epic history of 3,000 years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism, and coexistence. How did this small, remote town become the Holy City, the ‘centre 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 – kings, empresses, prophets, poets, saints, conquerors, and whores – who created, destroyed, chronicled, and believed in Jerusalem. Drawing on new archives, current scholarship, his own family papers, and a lifetime’s study, Montefiore illuminates the essence of sanctity and mysticism, identity, and empire in a unique chronicle of the city that many believe will be the setting for the Apocalypse. This is how Jerusalem
 

Jerusalem's history: epic nexus of civilizations.

If you're fascinated by how the tapestry of history shapes our modern world, "Jerusalem: The Biography" offers an incredible narrative journey through the storied avenues of Jerusalem. With Simon Sebag Montefiore's vivid storytelling, you'll discover the city as a microcosm of global history, uncovering the intertwined pasts of faiths, empires, and cultures that still resonate powerfully today.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.