Writer Ken Follett Donates Book Proceeds Toward Restoring Famed Cathedral

A multimillion-dollar project to save a cathedral in France has received a major donation from British author Ken Follett, whose historical fiction has itself often paid homage to medieval architecture. Per a report in the Guardian, he put the proceeds from his book about the fire that ravaged Notre-Dame in 2019 toward a restoration campaign at Brittany’s Saint-Samson de Dol-de-Bretagne. The sum, about €148,000 (£127,000), will go to the Fondation du patrimoine, which will direc