Jerusalem: The Biography

Sebag Montefiore, Simon

ISBN 10: 1409113787 ISBN 13: 9781409113782

Verlag: Orion, 2011

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Críticas:

The narrative, which starts with the wortld of David abd concludes with today's tragic conflicts, deserves to be heard. (THE OBSERVER)

vivid, violent, anecdotal and full of crazy, gung-ho, OTT characters, such as King Soloman ordering a pre-assembled, ready-to-go Holy of Holies because there was to be no hammering or noise in the House of God; and Captain Monty Parker, the panniless young aristocratic chancer who led an archaeological dig in 1909 which a Finnish spiritualist, a Swedish minder and an Armenian fixer to find the missing Ark of the Covenant ... Guess what, it wasn't there. (THE GUARDIAN)

a fascinating tour through the bloody history of the city, read by the wonderful Andrew Sachs. (THE LADY)

Documenting each conquest and conflict this book is a fascinating read and a significant accomplishment. (Charlotte Vowden Daily Express)

Reseña del editor:

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 of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is the epic history of 3,000 years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism and coexistence.

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? In a gripping narrative, Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals this ever-changing city in its many incarnations, bringing every epoch and character blazingly to life. Jerusalem's biography is told through the wars, love affairs and revelations of the men and women - kings, empresses, prophets, poets, saints, conquerors and whores - who created, destroyed, chronicled and believed in Jerusalem.

Drawing on new archives, current scholarship, his own family papers and a lifetime's study, Montefiore illuminates the essence of sanctity and mysticism, identity and empire in a unique chronicle of the city that many believe will be the setting for the Apocalypse. This is how Jerusalem became Jerusalem, and the only city that exists twice - in heaven and on earth.

Read by Andrew Sachs

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• Verlag: Orion
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1409113787
• ISBN 13: 9781409113782
• Einband: CD de audio