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Cathedral : A Novel by Ben Hopkins is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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•••LONGLISTED: THE HWA GOLD CROWN 2021••• •••A Sunday Times BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021:'An ambitious, epic debut.'••• •••A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021••• A Times BOOK OF THE MONTH:'Beautifully written and profoundly insightful.''A memorable tapestry of politics, religion and conflicting human desires.'—The Sunday Times'Cathedral is a masterpiece, one of the best historical novels I've read in a long time. Spellbinding and so evocative of place and time. A triumph.'—Dan Jones'Fascinating, fun, and gripping to the very end.'—Roddy Doyle A sweeping story about obsession, mysticism, art, and earthly desire. At the centre of this story, is the Cathedral. Its design and construction in the 12th and 13th centuries in the fictional 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 core, Ben Hopkins has

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Ben Hopkins
Publisher
Europa Editions, Incorporated
Published
2021
Language
EN
ISBN
9781787703629
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Rating
4.1 / 5 (778 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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