World Without End

Acknowledgements

My principal historical consultants were Sam Cohn, Geoffrey Hindley and Marilyn Livingstone. The weakness in the foundations of Kingsbridge Cathedral is loosely based on that of the cathedral of Santa Maria in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, and I’m grateful to the staff of the Fundacion Catedral Santa Maria for help and inspiration, especially Carlos Rodriguez de Diego, Gonzalo Arroita and interpreter Luis Rivero, I was also helped by the staff of York Minster, especially John David. Martin Allen of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, kindly allowed me to handle coins from the reign of Edward III. At Le Mont-St-Michel in France I was helped by Soeur Judith and Frere Francois. As always, Dan Starer of Research for Writers in New York city helped with the research. My literary advisers included Amy Berkower, Leslie Gelbman, Phyllis Grann, Neil Nyren, Imogen Taylor and Al Zuckerman. I was also helped by comments and criticisms from friends and family, especially Barbara Follett, Emanuele Follett, Marie-Claire Follett, Erica Jong, Tony McWalter, Chris Manners, Jann Turner and Kim Turner.