Jerusalem: The City of God by Ellen Gunderson

Jerusalem: it's a city so sacred it captures the imagination. Generations have lived in the shadows of its walls-Abraham, Isaac, David, Bathsheba, Jesus, Invaders, Crusaders, the dispersed people of Israel returning at last to their beloved homeland. This is a sweeping saga of their loves, losses, hopes, and glories. And amid the remarkable human drama, is the hand of One who calls the city His own.

This impressively ambitious, slightly whimsical, and never-boring tale is from million-selling novelist Ellen Gunderson Traylor, "America's Foremost Biblical Novelist."