The author of the magisterial England's Thousand Best Churches turns his eye to England's cathedrals, with fascinating, personal - and often funny - insight into their history and their place in English life.
From the prizewinning author of The Great Fire comes 'an authentic work of art ... A cause for delight and gratitude ... Beautiful, absorbing, satisfying' Chicago Tribune
Two and a half millennia ago, the Excession, a perfect black sphere, appeared in a remote corner of space. It did nothing, then disappeared. Now it is back, and someone who saw it the first time has information on its staggering potential, but she is living out her death in the Sleeper Service.