Historianandauthor,SimonSebagMontefiore resentsafascinatingseriesonJerusalem:the lacewhereGodmeetsman,theshrineofthreefaiths–Judaism,ChristianityandIslam,andthemostfoughtovercityinhistory.Montefioreex lainshowJerusalem–establishedbyKingDavid3,000yearsagowasfoughtforandsha edbyKingsandEm erorsandhowtheholinessofthecitywasintensifiedbymythsandfables,borrowedandrefinedbetweenreligions.Hethenex loreshowthis eerlesslybeautifulcityrosefromacrumblingruinafterthecrusadestobecomeaworldcentreofIslamic ilgrimage,theobjectofrivalrybetweenChristiannations,aholyrefugeforJewsfromallovertheworldand,ultimately,thesiteofoneoftheworld’smostintractableconflicts