The Pillars of the Earth (The Kingsbridge Novels, 1) - Softcover

Follett, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509848495 ISBN 13: 9781509848492

Publisher: Pan, 2017

Synopsis

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

A MASON WITH A DREAM

1135 and civil war, famine and religious strife abound. With his family on the verge of starvation, mason Tom Builder dreams of the day that he can use his talents to create and build a cathedral like no other.

A MONK WITH A BURNING MISSION

Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, is resourceful, but with money scarce he knows that for his town to survive it must find a way to thrive, and so he makes the decision to build within it the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has ever known.

A WORLD OF HIGH IDEALS AND SAVAGE CRUELTY

As Tom and Philip meet so begins an epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power. In a world beset by strife and enemies that would thwart their plans, they will stop at nothing to achieve their ambitions in a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother . . .

The Pillars of the Earth is the first in The Kingsbridge Novels series, followed by World Without End and A Column of Fire.

About this title

Review:

A highly enjoyable tale . . . this book evokes its period brilliantly, Sunday Times

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

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

Book Description:

Spellbinding and mesmerizing, Ken Follett’s classic masterpiece is beloved throughout the world. In medieval England a resourceful monk strives to build the world's greatest Gothic cathedral.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1509848495
• ISBN 13: 9781509848492
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1104