Inventors.................the issue in Ken F.'s book................was in midevil France..........how can u have a tall wall with large stained glass windows.........in a cathedral......w/o having the wall collapse.............???
The solution in the book and in real life........flying buttresses..........the nat, cathedral has them...here in DC....

The Pillars of the Earth - What is in a Flying Buttress Anyway ...

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Aug 4, 2011 - Although I'd read Ken Follett's spy novels in the past, he wrote this in an entirely different genre. Actually, I bought this for my mother for her ...

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The Pillars of the Earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England.

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Cathedral Floor Plan Glossary - Ariel View - The Pillars of ...

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You've read about cathedral building in The Pillars of the Earth. ... stone pier that rises across the aisle from the pier and is connected to the pier by a flying buttress. .... Ken Follett's best-selling novel The Pillars of the Earth is now a TV movie!

Ken Follett on the Cathedrals in The Pillars of the Earth

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One of Oprah's Book Club's most popular selections, Ken Follett's The Pillars of ... fine carving of sculptures and gargoyles or facing—the smoothing of exterior ...

Your Guide to The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

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Don't miss Ken Follett's blog on the importance of cathedrals in The Pillars of the Earth! .... Flirts with joining the monkhood; invents the flying buttress instead.