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Cathedral
โ Scribed by Ben Hopkins
- Publisher
- Europa Editions
- Year
- 2021;2020
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 300 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1609456246
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โฆ Synopsis
A thoroughly immersive read and a remarkable feat of imagination, Cathedral tells a sweeping story about obsession, mysticism, art, and earthly desire in gripping prose. It deftly combines historical fiction and a tale of adventure and intrigue.
At the center of this story is the Cathedral. Its design and construction in the 12th and 13th centuries in the Rhineland town of Hagenburg unites a vast array of unforgettable characters whose fortunes are inseparable from the shifting political factions and economic interests vying for supremacy. From the bishop to his treasurer to local merchants and lowly stonecutters, everyone, even the town's Jewish denizens, is implicated and affected by the slow rise of Hagenburg's Cathedral, which in no way enforces morality or charity. Around this narrative center, Ben Hopkins has constructed his own monumental edifice, a novel that is rich with the vicissitudes of mercantilism, politics, religion, and human...
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### Review 'A bulldozer of a book, expertly, relentlessly terrifying.' Cosmopolitan. 'It is a book which grips from the opening words ... a hugh enthralling novel.' Manchester Evening News. 'Chillingly believable, peopled with recognizable characters. Cathedral entertains with the unimaginable.' Pu
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