Jerusalem:TheBiography

Jerusalemistheuniversalcity,thecapitaloftwopeoples,theshrineofthreefaiths;itistheprizeofempires,thesiteofJudgementDayandthebattlefieldoftoday'sclashofcivilizations.FromKingDavidtoBarackObama,fromthebirthofJudaism,ChristianityandIslamtotheIsrael-Palestineconflict,thisistheepichistoryof3,000yearsoffaith,slaughter,fanaticismandcoexistence.Howdidthissmall,remotetownbecometheHolyCity,the'centreoftheworld'andnowthekeytopeaceintheMiddleEast?Inagrippingnarrative,SimonSebagMontefiorerevealsthisever-changingcityinitsmanyincarnations,bringingeveryepochandcharacterblazinglytolife.Jerusalem'sbiographyistoldthroughthewars,loveaffairsandrevelationsofthemenandwomen-kings,empresses,prophets,poets,saints,conquerorsandwhores-whocreated,destroyed,chronicledandbelievedinJerusalem.Drawingonnewarchives,currentscholarship,hisownfamilypapersandalifetime'sstudy,Montefioreilluminatestheessenceofsanctityandmysticism,identityandempireinauniquechronicleofthecitythatmanybelievewillbethesettingfortheApocalypse.ThisishowJerusalembecameJerusalem,andtheonlycitythatexiststwice-inheavenandonearth.