Jerusalem: The Biography, Montefiore, Simon Sebag. Published by Knopf, 2011. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 650pp. with illustrated plates, maps, genealogies, bibliography and index. Quarter brown over beige boards. In fine condition.
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. An epic history of three thousand years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism and coexistence.
