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 three thousand years of faith, slaugh...
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 three thousand years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism and coexistence.
How did this small, remote town become the Holy City, the “center 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. As well as the many ordinary Jerusalemites who have left their mark on the city, its cast varies from Solomon, Saladin and Suleiman the Magnificent to Cleopatra, Caligula and Churchill; from Abraham to Jesus and Muhammad; from the ancient world of Jezebel, Nebuchadnezzar, Herod and Nero to the modern times of the Kaiser, Disraeli, Mark Twain, Lincoln, Rasputin, Lawrence of Arabia and Moshe Dayan.
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.
Simon Sebag Montefiore read history at Cambridge University. His books have been published in more than thirty-five languages. Potemkin: Catherine the Great’s Imperial Partner was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson, Duff Cooper and Marsh Biography prizes in Britain. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar was awarded the History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards. You...
Simon Sebag Montefiore read history at Cambridge University. His books have been published in more than thirty-five languages. Potemkin: Catherine the Great’s Imperial Partner was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson, Duff Cooper and Marsh Biography prizes in Britain. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar was awarded the History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards. Young Stalin won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, the Costa Biography Award (U.K.), le Grand Prix de la biographie politique (France) and the Bruno Kreisky Prize for Political Literature (Austria). A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Montefiore lives in London with his wife, the novelist Santa Montefiore, and their two children.
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0 有用 starryskyanne 2023-05-29 15:21:39 河北
陆陆续续读了两个月才读完
1 有用 Ciaosea 2021-12-13 12:47:53
三个月空闲期鞭策自己的一本书。震撼，摘抄得很爽。 【初中以来就束之高阁的另一本耶路撒冷史现在估计能读进去了hhh
0 有用 卤虾 2024-03-24 15:43:41 江苏
九年级莫名其妙读完了
0 有用 龟龟 2023-04-11 04:51:48 荷兰
英文版太难读了…充斥着各种各类语言的历史名词。啃了一年多，因此并没有形成特别系统的连贯脉络。另外耶路撒冷的历史和众多帝国联系在一起，每个帝国本身也没有讲得特别系统，因此最好是伊斯兰/中东以及西方历史有个了解，或者穿插着查资料读才更能理解。另外读的这个版本似乎是2021年前后修订过的，最后一章加入了2010-2020年新的发展，截至拜登赢得大选。和当下的时局连贯起来了。结合近来以色列动荡的局势看，越... 英文版太难读了…充斥着各种各类语言的历史名词。啃了一年多，因此并没有形成特别系统的连贯脉络。另外耶路撒冷的历史和众多帝国联系在一起，每个帝国本身也没有讲得特别系统，因此最好是伊斯兰/中东以及西方历史有个了解，或者穿插着查资料读才更能理解。另外读的这个版本似乎是2021年前后修订过的，最后一章加入了2010-2020年新的发展，截至拜登赢得大选。和当下的时局连贯起来了。结合近来以色列动荡的局势看，越发有意思。读完发现作者来自犹太复国主义中扮演重要角色的Montefiore家族，为利益相关方。因此对于19世纪后的描述与态度需加以甄别。 (展开)
9 有用 爱思狸 2017-06-19 11:50:43
1. 开始还没有感觉，比较中立客观；看到后面，尤其近代开始，就很明显是犹太人写的。 2. 看的英文为主，中文为辅。译后记才发现是多人合译，难怪有些地方Nablus翻译成那不勒斯（囧），有些地方是纳布卢斯。 3. 看书之前，必须看一遍地图。 4. 书写的很好
0 有用 卤虾 2024-03-24 15:43:41 江苏
九年级莫名其妙读完了
0 有用 罗宋烫烫烫 2024-03-05 11:49:38 上海
屋大维的常务副皇帝：Marcus
0 有用 PenhJS 2024-01-18 14:58:20 广东
Jerusalem: The Bloody and Fanatic Biography. 如果一块土地真的有神圣与罪恶之区分，那么这块因残忍、为了权力与金钱的杀戮而流了如此多鲜血的土地必然是地球上最罪恶的地方。
0 有用 庄常飞 2023-12-27 03:12:28 美国
这就是传说中的流水账吗
0 有用 Becca 2023-11-13 13:02:36 美国
十年后的这个时刻翻出来重读