Jerusalem

Resumen del libro

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.

Biografía del autor

Simon Sebag Montefiore estudió Historia en el Gonville x{0026}amp; Caius College de Cambridge. Durante la década de 1990 viajó por toda la antigua Unión Soviética, especialmente por el Cáucaso, Ucrania, Asia central y escribió sobre Rusia para el Sunday Times, el New York Times y el Spectator, entre otros periódicos. Ha presentado documentales para la televisión y ha escrito dos novelas, así como algunos ensayos, entre los que destacan Kingx{0026} x02019;s Parade (1991) y Prince of Princes: the Life of Potemkin (2000), nominado a premios de biografía Samuel Johnson, Duff Cooper y Marsh. En Crítica ha publicado Llamadme Stalin (2007), La corte del zar rojo (2004), Titanes de la historia (2012) y Jerusalén. La biografía (2011).