Jerusalem : The Biography

Simon Sebag Montefiore
Jerusalem : The Biography
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Jerusalem : The Biography
ISBN: 9780307280503
Publication Date: 18 September 2012

Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgment Day and the battlefield of today s clash of civilizations.

From King David to the 21st century, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is the epic history of three thousand years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism, and coexistence. In this masterful narrative, Simon Sebag Montefiorebrings the holy city to life, through the people who created and destroyed it fromHerod, Cleopatra and Nero to Churchill, Rasputin and Truman 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.

About the Author

Simon Sebag Montefiore read history at Cambridge University. His books are international bestsellers, and have been published in more than thirty-five languages. "Young Stalin" won the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize for Biography, the Costa Biography Prize (UK), and Le Grand Prix de Biographie (France). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and is married to the novelist Santa Montefiore with whom he has two children.