The Pillars of the Earth - Softcover

Follett, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330450131 ISBN 13: 9780330450133

Publisher: Pan Books, 2007

Synopsis

The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known . . . of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect - a man divided in his soul . . . of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame . . . and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother.

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, this is Ken Follett's historical masterpiece.

'Enormous and brilliant . . . this mammoth tale seems to touch all human emotion - love and hate, loyalty and treachery, hope and despair. This is truly a novel to get lost in'

Cosmopolitan

'A historical saga of such breadth and density . . . Follett succeeds brilliantly in combining hugeness and detail to create a novel imbued with the rawness, violence and blind faith of the era'

Sunday Express

About this title

Review:

'It's such a great read...I got to 800 pages, and I slowed myself down because I didn't want it to end.' -- Oprah Winfrey

Book Description:

Ken Follett's worldwide bestselling epic masterpiece

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0330450131
• ISBN 13: 9780330450133
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1104