Jerusalem Book

Jerusalem, sacred to the Peoples of the Book, is the city of the Book: the Bible is, in many ways, Jerusalem's own chronicle and its readers, from the Jews and early Christians via the Muslim conquerors and the Crusaders to today's American evangelists, have repeatedly altered her history to fulfil biblical prophecy. Jerusalem's biography is told through the wars, love affairs and revelations of the men and women - kings, empresses, prophets, poets, saints, conquerors and whores - who created, destroyed, chronicled and believed in Jerusalem. A 2011 book by Simon Sebag Montefiore that chronicles the history of Jerusalem from ancient times to the 1967 Six-Day War.

The book draws on new archives, current scholarship, family papers and personal visits to the city. The best books on Jerusalem, recommended by historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, covering its history, cultural life and cuisine. Vastly enjoyable." -The New York Times Book Review The history of Jerusalem is the story of the world: Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths.

The Holy City and Holy Land are the battlefields for today's multifaceted conflicts and, for believers, the setting for Judgment Day and the Apocalypse. Buy Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montefiore from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25. List of best books about Jerusalem, including jacket cover images when available.

All these popular books on Jerusalem are sorted by popularity, so the highest rated books are at the top of the list. This well. Jerusalem: The Biography is a double-headed book: at once a scholarly record and an exuberantly written popular tour de force." -Colin Thubron, New York Review of Books.

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. 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.