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Jerusalem
- The Biography
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
Jerusalem lies at the centre of the world, the capital of three faiths, the prize of many conquerors, the jewel of many empires, and the eye of the storm of today's battle of civilisations. But the city lacks a biography. It lacks a secret history. Simon Sebag Montefiore's epic account is seen through kings, conquerors, emperors and soldiers; Muslims, Jews, Christians, Macedonians, Romans and Greeks; Palestinians and Israelis; from King David via Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander the Great, Herod, Caesar, Cleopatra, Jesus and Saladin, to Churchill, King Hussein, Anwar Sadat and Ariel Sharon. Their individual stories combine to form the biography of a city - a gritty, dramatic, violent tale of power, empire, love, vanity, luxury and death, bringing three thousand years of history vividly to life.
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- Claire A Heaps
- 03-02-24
Stunning epic work of history
A compelling historical factual description of life in Jerusalem for over 2000 years. Brilliantly composed, balanced, detailed. Incredibly covering this vast sweep of history.
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- Andre Gibson
- 22-02-22
Superb
A superbly written and performed relatively unbiased history of Jerusalem. Visiting soon for the fifth time, for me it has cast a new light on the city with its almost innumerable tragedies.
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- Lise Hencken
- 16-07-24
This book should be on school curriculums.
Balanced, compassionate, meticulously researched and beautifully written. This book broke my heart but left me with a glimmer of hope.
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- Audrey McKnight
- 24-03-24
The naration - thumbs down
Was so looking forward to listening to this amazing book. The naration style is not for me. Very 'in awe' and 'hallowed' as though reading a religious text. Struggling to listen to it. May read the book instead.
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- Mark Antony Lisle
- 14-11-21
Interesting history about this hard fought city
Andrew Sachs is a great narrator and he kept the story going, the modern time troubles are explained and the story is balanced and neutral and no one comes off looking good in this tale of bloodshed in a supposedly holy city of God. You get the feeling conflict will continue evermore due to the high cost paid by Jews and Arabs and Christians.
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- Christine
- 03-04-24
Too much to follow
Felt like a long list of dates and places which made it quite difficult to warm too
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-07-18
Brilliant. Extremely well narrated
Loved it. Wonderful story telling that goes some way to helping understand the history, and therefore claims made toward, this holy city. I listen to a lot of audiobooks and this is up there with the best of them
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- lyn K
- 31-08-20
Dry
Wish I had never bought this book it was dry beyond the usual history.
It may or may not be accurate last time I checked more than 3 firsthand accounts provided something to have happened but apparently not in this not very humble author's opinion.
The only real use for this book is research.
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