Jerusalem: The Biography
of Simon Sebag Montefiore (Goodreads Author)
Description
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 todayâs clash of civilizations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the IsraelâPalestine 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 âcentre of the worldâ and now the key to peace in the Middle East? In a dazzling narrative, Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals this ever-changing city in its many incarnations, bringing every epoch and character blazingly to life. Jerusalemâs biography is told through the wars, love affairs and revelations of the men and women â kings, empresses, prophets, poets, saints, conquerors and whores â 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 city of Jezebel, Nebuchadnezzar, Herod and Nero to the modern times of the Kaiser, Disraeli, Mark Twain, Rasputin and Lawrence of Arabia.Drawing on new archives, current scholarship, his own family papers and a lifetimeâs study, Montefiore illuminates the essence of sanctity and mysticism, identity and empire in a unique chronicle of the city that is believed will be the setting for the Apocalypse. This is how Jerusalem became Jerusalem, and the only city that exists twice â in heaven and on earth.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 752 pages
- Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Publication Date 2011
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9780297852650
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
- Scenario ['Jerusalem (Israel)']
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