![]() ![]() They have decided to do it and will make this happen. I'm happy to buy the book which goes to fund the restoration of Notre Dame following the fire, although I felt a bit disappointed with the brevity of the details regarding Notre Dame. ![]() It’s for that reason that when Notre-Dame, the jewel at the. Follett (Edge of Eternity, 2014, etc.) knows a thing or two about medieval cathedrals, having structured his Kingsbridge series around the building of one such architectural wonder. “My sense of it is French people are determined about this sort of thing. 50 of the book was a preview of the novel The Evening and the Morning which I had just purchased and read. Stereotypes abound, and Follett takes liberties with historical detail, but when Mack and Lizzie ride off (literally) into the sunset, its an undeniably satisfying gallop. A survey of the storied history of Notre-Dame Cathedral, a victim of a devastating fire in April 2019. The money will be found, the craftsmen will be found,” said Follett. ![]() “The medieval builders built better than we thought because, miraculously, much of the cathedral has survived,” he said.ĭonations to rebuild Notre-Dame have topped 600 million euros ($680 million) so far.įollett expressed no doubt that the French - and global - cultural icon would stand proud atop its perch on the River Seine. “I thought in the morning, there would be nothing left,” he said.įollett said the ancient structure’s ability to withstand such an inferno was a testament to the builders and engineers of the time. This knowledge did little to lift his sense of dread. “There is a triangular space in the roof which is made of wood - almost everything else is made of stone.” The only place where a fire can start in a cathedral is in the roof space,” he said. “I had a pretty good idea of what was happening. ![]()
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