A review by jerihurd
Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore

4.0

History that, for much of the book, reads like a novel. It's tougher going the last third, once we're past the Ottoman Empire and it's just a back-and-forth of who's fighting for control. Still, you leave the book recognizing as never before that Jerusalem has often been an idea more than a city, which is both its glory and tragedy.