Jerusalem. Biography

Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities of the Earth, the center of the universe, the capital of the two peoples and the shrine of the three Abrahamic religions, each of which considers the city a platform where the mystery of the Day of Judgment will be played. The history of Jerusalem is a world story in miniature, a millennial epic, among the authors of which King David and the Prophet Isaiah, Judas McCave and Jesus Christ, Emperor Justinian and Sultan Suleiman, sinners and saints, builders and destroyers ... author of the book Simon Sebag Montefiora, a descendant of the famous Jewish The philanthropist (Montefiore Street is probably in every city in Israel), turns this majestic epic into an exciting story, weaving the thread of its own family legend into the fabric of a popular historical study