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Jerusalem: The Biography

bySimon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Sebag Montefiore tells three thousand years of Jerusalem's history through the rulers, families, conquerors, prophets, pilgrims, soldiers, and residents who fought over and lived within the city. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam converge across sacred sites repeatedly destroyed, rebuilt, and reinterpreted. The narrative moves from ancient kingdoms through Roman, Islamic, Crusader, Ottoman, British, Israeli, and Palestinian history, balancing faith and politics with intimate human stories. Montefiore presents Jerusalem as a real city and a global symbol whose beauty, coexistence, fanaticism, and violence remain inseparably intertwined.

Publisher

Vintage

Publication date

2012

Format

Print edition

Pages

650

ISBN

9780307280503