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Author
Pub. Date
c1994
Description
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is perhaps his most popular and enduring novel. In Pillars of the Almighty, the talents of photographer f-stop Fitzgerald bring the central image of Follett's masterpiece - the building of a Gothic cathedral - excitingly to life. Fitzgerald's photographs of world-famous cathedrals are magnificent by themselves. But by combining them with excerpts from Follett's novel, Fitzgerald has captured the challenge and...
23) The choir
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Description
In the gentle world of one of England's beautiful old cathedral towns, crisis looms: funds are short, and the cathedral is in need of major repair. One faction of the community argues that the obvious solution is to abolish the expensive, and nowadays rather irrelevant, boys' choir. But of course, there are those who disagree: the choir school's headmaster, a conscientious scholar somewhat out of his depth with his elusive, poetical wife; the cathedral...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 65
Description
The ambitions of three men merge, conflict and collide through four decades during which social and political upheaval and the internal politics of the church affect the progress of the cathedral and the fortunes of the protagonists.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Discusses the architectural features and cultural influences that contributed to the building of medieval cathedrals, and which have set them apart as unique and timeless structures. Also includes a chronology highlighting historically important dates.
Author
Series
Church of England series volume 1
Pub. Date
[1987]
Description
In 1937, the Archbishop of Canterbury fears a scandal may be near for the Church of England and sends one of his favored Anglican clergymen to spy on the Bishop of Starbridge. A clash between religious strivings and worldy love results.
Author
Series
Rick Montoya Italian mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Orvieto -- its very name brings to mind priceless art, colorful ceramics, and straw-colored wine. And the most famous cathedral facade in Italy, a structure of gothic spires, arches, statues, and mosaics. But as Rick Montoya discovers, this jewel of Umbria can have an ugly side as well. When Rick Montoya moved to his mothers Italy from his fathers Santa Fe, New Mexico, to work as a freelance translator using his dual heritage, he didnt expect to...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookman's Tale comes a new novel about an obsessive bibliophile's quest through time to discover a missing manuscript, the unknown history of an English Cathedral, and the secret of the Holy Grail. Arthur Prescott is happiest when surrounded by the ancient books and manuscripts of the Barchester Cathedral library. Increasingly, he feels like a fish out of water among the concrete buildings of the...
36) Churches
Author
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Special theme essays cover the earliest Christian churches, the construction of Gothic cathedrals, the evolution of the baptismal font, churches designed by contemporary artists, and the revival of meditative labyrinth walking.
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 21
Description
Hooded men invade midnight mass at the Cologne Cathedral and slaughter almost everyone present, then break open a gold sarcophagus and steal... the bones of the Three Wise Men. Grayson Pierce, top agent in the Department of Defense's covert Sigma Force, takes a team to Rome, joins up with love-interest Rachel Verona, a carabinieri corps lieutenant, and her Vatican official uncle, Vigot. It seems that the Dragon Court, a medieval alchemical cult-cell...
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