03240cam a2200337 4500 596594430 TxAuBib 20220729120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781609456245 1609456246 B085G63G2P Amazon 3bc1fa17-2724-4cb6-a9ed-2cdaa607f33b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5346008 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Hopkins, Bennett Lee. Cathedral [Libby] : A Novel. Europa Editions, 2021. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2230kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Literature. Fiction. HTML:<b>A sweeping story about obsession, mysticism, art, earthly desire, and the construction of a Cathedral in medieval Germany.</b><br /> At the center of this story is the Cathedral. Its design and construction in the thirteenth and fourteenth 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 enterprise.<br /> Fans of Umberto Eco, Hilary Mantel, and Ken Follett will delight at the atmosphere, the beautiful prose, and the vivid characters of Ben Hopkins's <i>Cathedral</i>.<br /> <b>"<i>Cathedral</i> is a brilliantly organized mess of great, great characters. It is fascinating, fun, and gripping to the very end." —Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize–winning author of <i>Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha</i></b><br /> <b>"A varied cast of hugely engaging characters jostle for status, rising and falling according to the whims of pirates and Popes. An immersive, old-fashioned read that rattles along at a cracking pace." —Richard Beard, author of <i>Lazarus is Dead</i> and <i>The Day That Went Missing</i></b><br /> <b>"Six hundred pages sounds long, but this deeply human take on a medieval city and its commerce and aspirations, its violent battles and small intimacies, never feels that way. This sweeping work is as impressive as the cathedral at its center." —<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review, PW Pick</b>. Historical Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-29 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3bc1fa17-2724-4cb6-a9ed-2cdaa607f33b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3bc1fa17-2724-4cb6-a9ed-2cdaa607f33b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3bc1fa17-2724-4cb6-a9ed-2cdaa607f33b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXBVM