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. 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. 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. A FULLY UPDATED 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION IS NOW AVAILABLE HERE.
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