READERS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY WILL LOVE THIS BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED BOOK!Simon Jenkins has provided
a feast for both eyes and mind in this sumptuously illustrated guide to Europe's greatest
cathedrals John Barton author of A History of the BibleAs ever Simon Jenkins is here the best
sort of guide to some of Europe's greatest buildings and their settings: well-informed
elegantly opinionated and passionate Diarmaid MacCulloch author of Christianity: The First
Three Thousand Years__________________________Europe's cathedrals are magnificent. They
outstrip palaces and castles. They are the most sensational group of structures anywhere in the
world - which everyone should 'see before they die'. They are also hugely popular most of them
absolutely packed. They are humankind's greatest creations.In Europe's 100 Best Cathedrals
Simon Jenkins has travelled the continent - from Chartres to York Cologne to Florence Toledo
to Moscow and Stockholm to Seville - to illuminate old favourites and highlight new
discoveries. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout this joyous
exploration of Europe's history tells the stories behind these wonders showing the cathedral's
central role in the European imagination. Readers will be inspired to make their own pilgrimage
to all one hundred of them.
