622 pages ; 22 cm

Prologue --Book one: the cross (1229-1235) --Book two: the sword (1241-1255) --Book three: the pen (1260-1273) --Epilogue: echoes (1350-1351).

"At the center of this story is the Cathedral. Its design and construction in the 13th and 14th 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."--Amazon.com.

MARCIVE (2022/12/12)

Cathedrals -- Design and construction -- Fiction.

Rhineland (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 13th century -- Fiction.

Rhineland (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 14th century -- Fiction.

Historical fiction.

9781609456115

1609456114