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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 65
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, the ambitions of three men merge, conflict and collide through 40 years of social and political upheaval as internal church politics affect the progress of the cathedral and the fortunes of the protagonists.
Author
Language
English
Description
The final novel by Charles Dickens, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", was unfinished at the time of his death in 1870. The novel revolves around John Jasper, choirmaster and opium addict, who is the guardian of his orphaned nephew Edwin Drood. Before the death of his parents, Edwin was promised to marry Rosa Bud, another orphan, but their affections have cooled upon reaching adulthood. Rosa has also attracted the affections of Jasper, her teacher, as...
Author
Series
Church of England series volume 6
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
A tale of intrigue in the Church of England by a writer who has been called the ecclesiastical Le Carre. The protagonist is Bishop Ashworth, a staunch defender of traditional morality. But when catastrophe overwhelms him, Ashworth's principles are revealed to be only a facade. Sixth volume in a sextet which began with Glittering Images.
Author
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
The great European cathedrals of the 11th to the 16th centuries -- Chartres, Strasbourg, and Milan, to name a few -- are monuments known around the world. But how were they commissioned, designed, and built? Historian Francois Icher has written a lively, detailed account of the process by which these architectural masterpieces were erected.
Icher explains how bishops and wealthy patrons funded these projects and chose the architects and master builders,...
9) Cathedrals
Author
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, design, construction, and uses of cathedrals and describes some notable examples.
Author
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
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...
17) Built to last
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Reveals the how and why behind some of the most fascinating and enduring structures humankind has ever created.
18) Ultimate prizes
Author
Series
Church of England series volume 3
Publisher
G.K. Hall
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
The third in Susan Howatch's Church of England novels, Ultimate Prizes begins in 1942 with the world at war, as narrator and archdeacon Nevill Aysgarth finds himself falling into a hopeless obsession over Dido Tallent, beautiful celebrity, and finds himself pursuing her through a swamp of guilt and the destruction of his valued moral compass. . . .
Praise for Ultimate Prizes
“I did not want to put the book down....
Praise for Ultimate Prizes
“I did not want to put the book down....
Series
Art and architecture volume lesson 2
Publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp
Pub. Date
[197-], made 1963
Language
English
Description
John Canaday documents various aspects of the six major medieval cathedrals of France, explaining the symbolism of the architectural and structural styles, and pointing out that the cathedral stands as a visible summary of the philosophical and intellectual world of the Middle Ages.
20) A column of fire
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The saga now continues with Follett's magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and Protestants, royalty and commoners clash, testing friendship, loyalty, and love. Ned Willard wants nothing more than to marry Margery Fitzgerald. But when the lovers find themselves on opposing sides of the...