"Jerusalem: Three Thousand Years" Author: Simon Montefiore Publisher: Democracy and Construction Press

You can't help but fall in love with this city, it's a human treasure. And this book is worth reading again and again. - Bill Clinton (former US President)

Simon Montefiore's solid research skills and vivid narrative ability make this book a treasure for both scholars and laymen. - Kissinger (former US Secretary of State)

This is the book of the year selected by former US President Clinton in 2011, and a classic masterpiece that Kissinger treasures. Reading "Jerusalem: Three Thousand Years" will help you understand the real Jerusalem and why the world has evolved into what it is today.

Jerusalem was once regarded as the center of the world. It is a holy place for the three major religions of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, a strategic point in the conflict of civilizations, a place that people dream of, and the place where misleading conspiracies, fictional online legends and 24-hour news take place.

Simon Montefiore tells the story of Jerusalem's past and present in chronological order, with the competition among the three major religions for the "holy city" and the rise and fall of several major families as the main lines. From an objective and neutral perspective, he presents the city's 3,000-year magnificent history through the lives of soldiers and prophets, poets and kings, farmers and musicians, and the families that created Jerusalem, and restores the real Jerusalem...