Ken Follet, author of the story "Notre-Dame" published after the fire of April 15, 2019, informed the Heritage Foundation on Monday that he would give him the full copyright of the text.
The donation from the Welsh writer reaches 148,000 euros and will be used to restore the cathedral of Dol-de-Bretagne, near Cancale.
The Welsh writer Ken Follet has offered the full copyright of his story "Notre-Dame" published after the fire of April 15, 2019, to restore the cathedral of Dol-de-Bretagne, the Foundation announced on Monday. heritage.
"Ken Follett donates all of his copyright to the Heritage Foundation. Together, they choose to use this donation to restore and secure another cathedral, that of Dol-de-Bretagne, supported by the Foundation. It will soon donate a sum of 148,000 euros to the municipality, "said a statement.
The book had sold over 113,000 copies worldwide.
Ken Follett is best known for "The Pillars of the Earth" (1989), where he had precisely described the fire in Kingsbridge Cathedral.
He had told how thousands of men and women had rebuilt it with their bare hands.
The cost of the works amounts to 2.4 million euros
The flagship of Gothic architecture in Brittany, the Saint-Samson cathedral, listed as a historical monument since 1840, is in very poor condition.
Work, for an amount of 2.4 million euros, was undertaken in 2019 and should be completed in 2024. The framework and the roof are no longer waterproof, the granite balustrades are damaged, some facings must be replaced or consolidated, four 13th century stained-glass windows, the oldest stained-glass windows listed in Brittany, are no longer protected.
A small town rich in its religious, military (ramparts) and civil (half-timbered houses) heritage, Dol, not far from Cancale, has initiated a procedure for classification as a remarkable heritage site.