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“The wonderful cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the greatest achievements of European civilization, was on fire. The sight dazed and disturbed us profoundly. I was on the edge of tears. Something priceless was dying in front of our eyes. The feeling was bewildering, as if the earth was shaking.” —Ken Follett “[A] treasure of a book.” —The New Yorker In this short, spellbinding book, international bestselling author Ken Follett describes the emotions that gripped him when he learned about the fire that threatened to destroy one of the greatest cathedrals in the world—the Notre-Dame de Paris. Follett then tells the story of the cathedral, from its construction to the role it has played across time and history, and he reveals the influence that the Notre-Dame had upon cathedrals around the world and on the writing of one of Follett’s most famous and beloved novels, The Pillars of the Earth. Ken Follett will donate his proceeds from this book to the charity La Fondation du Patrimoine.
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“Notre dame , I visited, la citee , isle st louis in Paris, 100 of times, but never saw it this way or understood the story of notre dame …
I wish the book was much much longer…
was extremely interesting, the knowledge not only of the Notre Dame, but the story behind in general of all the cathedral
from the middle age, to WW2 , to the day it was on fire, can’t wait to see the new Notre Dame in a near future”
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nicole (5 out of 5 stars)
