SOLVED. 18th century France: architect working on a church [s]

[Jack]

A book i read several years ago, want to reread
Its set I think in 18th century France,about an architect working on a church / gravediggers ... very atmospheric, protagonist lives with host family with a weird daughter. First and last scene I remember being set in Versaille where he is commissioned i think

Any help thanks !!!

[Werner]

Jack, I can't help you with a title suggestion, but maybe someone else in the group can! Just a suggestion --if you put some kind of simple description of the book you're looking for in the thread title, it will be easier for people who can help to spot the query as they scroll through the discussion board.

[Ed]

The book is called Pure and it's by Andrew Miller

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Pure for Ed's click.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Jack, was that your book?

[Kris]

Ed's suggestion of Pure by Andrew Miller looks very promising. The book opens in the Palace of Versailles (where a young engineer sits waiting).

Here's a fairly detailed description on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_%28...

[Abby]

Werner, you're in this group too!

MAYBE The Pillars of the Earth or its sequel. It's allll about church building.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Set in England though, and much earlier than 18th century. I think 13th century.

[Abby]

I wasn't sure if maybe they traveled to France at some point?... However, I'm terrible with history, so I'm sure you're right about the time discrepancy.

(Glad you're not cold anymore. Donuts are much better.)

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Yeah it's warmer now...

[Werner]

Abby wrote: "Werner, you're in this group too!" Yes, Abby, I'm here, though I don't post here very often.

According to Jack's profile, he only joined Goodreads in February of this year, has never posted any books to his shelves and has no activity on the site except for joining this group and asking this question, and last logged on to Goodreads back in March. I'm seriously wondering if he's lost interest in both the question and in Goodreads itself. :-(

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Probably. We have a lot of drive-bys. (People who join GR just to post in this group.)

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

I agree with Ed and Kris; moving to Solved. Here's a good review of the book that explains all:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...