Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore in conversation with journalist Matti Friedman at the National Library of Israel, in Jerusalem on ...

Of all the cities in all the world, none is more savagely storied as Jerusalem. Built and rebuilt by some of histories most enduring names, and destroyed and re-destroyed by at least as many just as ...

Popular historian Montefiore (Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar) presents a panoramic narrative of Jerusalem, organized chronologically and delivered with magisterial flair. Spanning eras from King ...

Sebag-Montefiore is the bestselling author of many books, including Jerusalem and The Romanovs. His new book is The World: A Family History of Humanity Your browser ...