More praise for Jerusalem

“An immensely erudite chronicle … Armstrong’s step-by-step march down the years shows how a succession of spiritual decisions and political circumstances passed the city from faith to faith.”

—Time

“Armstrong’s clear, authoritative voice engages us because she takes seriously the spiritual experience of Jerusalem as imputed to the city by its residents, conquerors, and propagandists over the centuries.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

“A comprehensive, fascinating, and readably accessible history of Jerusalem as the Holy City, venerated for thirty centuries by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.”

—The Denver Post

“[Armstrong] brings to her sweeping, profusely illustrated narrative a grasp of sociopolitical conditions seldom found in other books.”

—Publishers Weekly