St. Patrick's Cathedral - Nelson DeMille's "Cathedral" - New York City, NY
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In Nelson DeMille's 1981 novel, "Cathedral", St. Patrick's is the target of Northern Irish revolutionaries.
Waymark Code: WMCGCN
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2011
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Wikipedia briefly describes the novel thusly:
"Cathedral is a 1981 novel by Nelson DeMille.
On St. Patrick's Day, a group of renegade Northern Irish revolutionaries, led by a man named Brian Flynn, seize St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City and hold as their hostages two churchmen, an ex-IRA peace activist, and a British government man."
DeMille's own website (
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"St. Patrick's Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, but everyone is in for the shock of his life. Born into the heat and hatred of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA man Brian Flynn has masterminded a brilliant terrorist act - the seizure of Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Among his hostages: the woman Brian Flynn once loved, a former terrorist turned peace activist. Among his enemies: an Irish-American police lieutenant fighting against a traitor inside his own ranks and a shadowy British intelligence officer pursuing his own cynical, bloody plan. The cops face a booby-trapped, perfectly laid out killing zone inside the church. The hostages face death. Flynn faces his own demons, in an electrifying duel of nerves, honor, and betrayal…"
St. Patrick's is located directly across from Rockefeller Center, this Cathedral is the seat of the New York Roman Catholic Diocese. Construction took place 1858-1878. The architect was James Renwick, Jr. and is considered to be in a neo-Gothic style. It can accommodate 2,200 people.
According to Wikipedia (
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"The cathedral ranked eleventh out of 150 buildings in the recent list, "America's Favorite Architecture", based on a public-opinion poll."
See the Cathedral's own website at (
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