Jerusalem. Simon Sebag Montefiore 英文原版

图书标准信息

• 作者 Simon Sebag Montefiore 著
• 出版社 Phoenix
• 出版时间 2012-03
• ISBN 9781780220253
• 定价 156.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 704页

【内容简介】

TheepicstoryofJerusalemtoldthroughthelivesofthemenandwomenwhocreated,ruledandinhabitedit.Jerusalemistheuniversalcity,thecapitaloftwopeoples,theshrineofthreefaiths;itistheprizeofempires,thesiteofJudgementDayandthebattlefieldoftoday'sclashofcivilizations.FromKingDavidtoBarackObama,fromthebirthofJudaism,ChristianityandIslamtotheIsrael-Palestineconflict,thisistheepichistoryof3,000yearsoffaith,slaughter,fanaticismandcoexistence.Howdidthissmall,remotetownbecometheHolyCity,the'centreoftheworld'andnowthekeytopeaceintheMiddleEast?Inagrippingnarrative,SimonSebagMontefiorerevealsthisever-changingcityinitsmanyincarnations,bringingeveryepochandcharacterblazinglytolife.Jerusalem'sbiographyistoldthroughthewars,loveaffairsandrevelationsofthemenandwomen-kings,empresses,prophets,poets,saints,conquerorsandwhores-whocreated,destroyed,chronicledandbelievedinJerusalem.Drawingonnewarchives,currentscholarship,hisownfamilypapersandalifetime'sstudy,Montefioreilluminatestheessenceofsanctityandmysticism,identityandempireinauniquechronicleofthecitythatmanybelievewillbethesettingfortheApocalypse.ThisishowJerusalembecameJerusalem,andtheonlycitythatexiststwice-inheavenandonearth.

【作者简介】

SimonSebagMontefiorewasbornin1965andreadhistoryatGonville&CaiusCollege,CambridgeUniversity.HelivesinLondonwithhiswife,thenovelistSantaMontefiore,andtheirtwochildren.