Jerusalem The Biography

Author/Guide: Simon Sebag Montefiore

Why a Booktrail?

BC to modern day – The story of Jerusalem and its people told through the wars and the people who have lived its history.

ISBN: 978-0297852650
Genre: Historical

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What you need to know before your trail

Jerusalem is the city of two peoples and the shrine of three faiths; at the centre of a clash of civilizations.

How did this city become the centre of the world and key to peace in the Middle East?

Simon Sebag Montefiore charts its rise and development from the days of King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict; an epic history of 3,000 years of many many developments, emotions , conflict and much else.

Jerusalem’s biography is told through the wars, love affairs and revelations of the men and women – from all walks of life who created, destroyed, chronicled and believed in Jerusalem.

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Jerusalem as the City of World History

Jerusalem has played such a central role in history that the author is able to use the city as a prism to shine light upon a number of diverse periods and movements – Roman, Jewish, Christian and Islamic.

For a country to have its own biography stays a lot about how its significance in the world with regards to religion, war, culture and world events. From the days of Kind David all the way to those of Barrack Obama, each section of the book illustrates the tale of those who played a part in its story. Some helped make it and others destroyed it but everyone here played a part in its story.

For nearly four decades the loss of Jerusalem had made surprisingly little impression on the divided and distracted islamic world.

This is a book which presents Jerusalem on the world stage, a city which has ebbed and flowed and never sat still, constantly in a state of transformation.

The booktrail illustrates some of the major important sites which are significant to Jerusalem and it’s history. The book covers and includes many as Jerusalem’s history is a rich one.