Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Jerusalem: The Biography

Simon Sebag Montefiore

752 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous medium-paced

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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 o...

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