Simon Sebag Montefiore charts the rise of Istanbul from pagan trading post to capital of three empires and two religions, becoming not only holy but the most cove…

Historianandauthor,SimonSebagMontefiorepresentsafascinatingseriesonJerusalem:theplacewhereGodmeetsman,theshrineofthreefaiths–Judaism,ChristianityandIslam,andthemostfoughtovercityinhistory.MontefioreexplainshowJerusalem–e…