Jerusalem in the Twentieth CenturyPimlico, 1997 - 416 עמודים This first major history of contemporary Jerusalem begins with the city's twilight years of Turkish rule and ends with the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. `Masterly. . . this book has pace and style. It is hard to imagine so much information better conveyed or with a lighter touch. ' Evening Standard `Sir Martin Gilbert is a brilliant chronicler of Jerusalem's conflicts. . . he is master at bringing complicated history briskly alive through anecdote and quotation, plundering newspapers and letters for contemporary viewpoints. He packs in the main events but lightens the narrative with telling detail. ' Economist |