Jerusalem: The Biography

Jerusalem: The Biography

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 todayâ€™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 three thousand years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism and coexistence.
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How did this small, remote town become the Holy City, the â€œcenter of the worldâ€ 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. Jerusalemâ€™s biography is told through the wars, love affairs and revelations of the men and womenâ€”kings, empresses, prophets, poets, saints, conquerors and whoresâ€”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.
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Drawing on new archives, current scholarship, his own family papers and a lifetimeâ€™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 became Jerusalem, and the only city that exists twiceâ€”in heaven and on earth.
Country USA
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber COD-01420
ReleaseDate 2011-10-25
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780307266514

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	COD-01420
ReleaseDate	2011-10-25
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780307266514

Jerusalem: The Biography

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