{"product_id":"9781787703629-cathedral","title":"Cathedral","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA sweeping story about obsession, mysticism, art, and earthly desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***LONGLISTED: THE HWA GOLD CROWN 2021***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***A Sunday Times BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021: \"An ambitious, epic debut.\"***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Times BOOK OF THE MONTH: \"Beautifully written and profoundly insightful.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA memorable tapestry of politics, religion and conflicting human desires.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e —The Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003eCathedral 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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Fascinating, fun, and gripping to the very end.\"—Roddy Doyle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sweeping story about obsession, mysticism, art, and earthly desire.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAround this narrative core, Ben Hopkins has constructed his own monumental edifice, a choral novel that is rich with the vicissitudes of mercantilism, politics, religion, and human enterprise. Ambitious, immersive, a remarkable feat of imagination, \u003cem\u003eCathedral\u003c\/em\u003e deftly combines historical fiction, the literary novel of ideas, and a tale of adventure and intrigue. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFans of authors like Umberto Eco, Elif Shafak, Hilary Mantel, Ken Follett and Jose Saramago will delight at the atmosphere, the beautiful prose, and the vivid characters of Ben Hopkins’s \u003cem\u003eCathedral\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945473814625,"sku":"9781787703629","price":8.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36329352_981efe4f-5f24-42f0-9b32-7bd940c94d88.jpg?v=1759409410","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787703629-cathedral","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}