Cathedral. A novel about a St. Petersburg architect

Isaac"s Cathedral is one of the most amazing buildings in the world. Its construction stretched for forty years (from 1818 to 1858) During this time, the Russian empire was shocked by riots, natural disasters and epidemics, however, at the cost of many victims and contrary to the difficult tests, the main cathedral of the country was built and consecrated.
Irina Izmailova’s novel in a fascinating form tells a detailed story of the construction of the Isaacievsky Cathedral, as well as the biography of his brilliant architect Henri de Montfern, whose life, full of incredible adventures, can overshadow the best pages of Alexander Dumas books.
Like the cathedral from Ken Follett’s novel “Pillars of the Earth”, the Isaac"s Cathedral is the soul of the whole work here and serves as a kind of background for the story of love and passion, betrayal and fidelity, stories in which the fate of many people are intertwined. But first of all, the “Cathedral” is a novel about a genius that can overcome all obstacles on the way to his divine goal