Jerusalem

The Biography – A History of the Middle East

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Phoenix
14 April 2020

Biography: historical, political & military; History; Middle Eastern history; History: earliest times to present day; Social & cultural history

A new, updated, revised edition of JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY, the wider history of the Middle East through the lens of the Holy City, from King David to today.

The story of Jerusalem is the story of the world.

Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today's clash of civilisations. 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? Drawing on new archives and a lifetime's study, Montefiore reveals this ever-changing city through the wars, love affairs and revelations of the kings, empresses, prophets, poets, saints, conquerors and whores who created, destroyed, chronicled and believed in Jerusalem.

A classic of modern literature, this is not only the epic story of 3,000 years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism and co-existence, but also a freshly-updated history of the entire Middle East, from King David to the twenty-first century, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict and the wars of today. This is how Jerusalem became Jerusalem - the only city that exists twice - in heaven and on earth.

By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
Imprint: Phoenix
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 50mm
Weight: 622g
ISBN: 9781474614399
ISBN 10: 1474614396
Pages: 784
Publication Date: 14 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Simon Sebag Montefiore is the internationally bestselling author of a number of prize-winning books that have been published in forty-eight languages. CATHERINE THE GREAT & POTEMKIN was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize; STALIN: THE COURT OF THE RED TSAR won the BBA History Book of the Year Prize; YOUNG STALIN won the Costa Biography Award, the LA Times Book Prize for Biography and the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique; JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY won the JBC Book of the Year Prize and the Wenjin Book Prize in China; THE ROMANOVS: 1613-1918 won the Lupicaia del Terriccio Book Prize. He is the author of the Moscow Trilogy of novels: SASHENKA, RED SKY AT NOON and ONE NIGHT IN WINTER, which won the Political Fiction Book of the Year Award. He is also the author of WRITTEN IN HISTORY: LETTERS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD and the forthcoming VOICES OF HISTORY: SPEECHES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD.

Reviews for Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East

Vast and dazzling ... utterly compelling from start to finish - SUNDAY TIMES A powerful achievement ... at once a scholarly record and an exuberantly written popular tour de force - NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS Astoundingly ambitious and triumphantly epic - DAILY TELEGRAPH Simon Sebag Montefiore's history of Jerusalem is a labour of love and scholarship ... he has a wonderful ear for the absurdities and adventurers of the past - INDEPENDENT