Jerusalem: The Biography Review A fittingly vast and dazzling portrait of Jerusalem, utterly compelling from start to finish...astoundingly ambitious and triumphantly epic history of the cityOutstanding, superbly objective, elegantly written and highly entertainingSimon Sebag Montefiore's history of Jerusalem is a labour of love and scholarship... a considerable achievement... he has a wonderful ear for the absurdities and adventurers of the past... totally gripping... vivid compelling, engaged, engrossing, knowledgeableCompelling and thought-provoking...Working on an immense chronological and thematic canvas Sebag Montefiore does his subject more than justice. He narrates the terrible history of Jerusalem vividly and graphically... fascinating but ghastly.It is a gripping read, told with verve and fluency, and explains why Jerusalem, like a living person, has touched the heart of so many cultures, East and West, for so long...never a dull momentFull of faith, power, slaughter and fanaticism; this is a unique chronicle, balanced and critical and wonderfully entertaining.This is a city that has survived Hell, and Montefiore takes you to the heart of it.Magnificent. 				    	 					 Book Description The epic story of Jerusalem told through the lives of the men and women who created, ruled and inhabited it. 				    	 					              See all Product description