St. Paul's Cathedral

From Turtledove

St. Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London.

[edit] St. Paul's Cathedral in Ruled Britannia

St. Paul's Cathedral is a house of worship in London, England. It was used both in Catholic and Protestant eras, although its upkeep was a higher priority for Catholics, who worked on completing its spire during the reign of Queen Isabella and King Albert.

It was London's largest building and, in addition to religious services, was a cultural and commercial center of the city. Vendors of all sorts hawked their wares in St Paul's, including booksellers. Only some of these booksellers sold religious tomes. Others sold plays, often recorded from actors' memories of their lines and less than perfectly faithful to the playwrights' original. Playwrights did not profit from these sales.

After Queen Elizabeth was returned to the throne in 1598, she ordered the severed heads of her executed enemies (Robert Parsons among them) place on pikes outside St. Paul's.

Harry Seymour sold books in St Paul's Cathedral.

[edit] St. Paul's Cathedral in The Man With the Iron Heart

St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey were both leveled in 1947 by truck bombs driven by the German Freedom Front. Prime Minister Clement Attlee's government began rebuilding them immediately.

[edit] St. Paul's Cathedral in In the Presence of Mine Enemies

St. Paul's Cathedral was one of many London landmarks destroyed by the invading Germans during World War II that left in ruins into the Twenty-First Century.