the pillars of the earth

ok, so i have spent the past 48 hours doing little else but reading this book.........in the spirit of harry potter's latest installment.......and i am emotionally exhausted...........harry never included such intrigue, violence, injustice, drama, and hypocracy.......and to have all the loose ends drawn up neatly by page.......973.......oy.......i have referred to the many cathedrals i have briefly visited over these many years as i read about the building of the mythical cathedral in the novel........i imagined it like salibury........thrusting out of the plain....or york minster....glorious on a sunny day.......or cologne...imposing on a major river's bank........or strasbourg......imposing despite the closeness of the ancient city dwellings.......and there is ulm with its steeple and carved choir......and chartre.......i have been bleesed to take twice the tour of the famed curate......st. paul's.....notable because we hadn't intended to go up to the top, but the middle child ran on up ahead....and one of us had to go up to make sure that he came down.....omg..........next to these, nore dame somehow pales, i believe, as does westminster....an abbey rather than a cathedral.......mincing words. to be sure......about just where a bishop could preside over services.....but i digress from the novel.....due a sequal in 2007......about the time that harry's final installment should be written, published and released.................