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“The fantastic cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the most biggest achievements of Eu civilization, was once on hearth. The sight dazed and disturbed us profoundly. I used to be at the fringe of tears. One thing invaluable was once demise in entrance of our eyes. The sensation was once bewildering, as though the earth was once shaking.” —Ken Follett

On this brief, spellbinding guide, global bestselling creator Ken Follett describes the sentiments that gripped him while he discovered concerning the hearth that threatened to spoil one of the most biggest cathedrals on the earth—the Notre-Dame de Paris. Follett then tells the tale of the cathedral, from its building to the function it has performed throughout time and historical past, and he finds the affect that the Notre-Dame had upon cathedrals all over the world and at the writing of considered one of Follett’s such a lot well-known and loved novels, The Pillars of the Earth.

Ken Follett will donate his proceeds from this guide to the charity Los angeles Fondation du Patrimoine.