The wonderful cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris one of the greatest achievements of European
civilization was on fire. The sight dazed and disturbed us profoundly. I was on the edge of
tears. Something priceless was dying in front of our eyes. The feeling was bewildering as if
the earth was shaking. -Ken Follett [A] treasure of a book. -The New Yorker In this short
spellbinding book international bestselling author Ken Follett describes the emotions that
gripped him when he learned about the fire that threatened to destroy one of the greatest
cathedrals in the world-the Notre-Dame de Paris. Follett then tells the story of the cathedral
from its construction to the role it has played across time and history and he reveals the
influence that the Notre-Dame had upon cathedrals around the world and on the writing of one of
Follett's most famous and beloved novels The Pillars of the Earth. Ken Follett will donate his
proceeds from this book to the charity La Fondation du Patrimoine.
