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The Pillars of the Earth is an historical novel by British author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England.
- Ken Follett, Rosalía Vázquez
- 1989
Nov 14, 2007 · An international best-seller and Oprah's Book Club pick, The Pillars of the Earth weaves together timeless themes of love, loss, pride, humility, ambition and revenge—all set against the facinating background of the Middle Ages. Read an Excerpt. It's a novel that will grab you from the start and leave you wanting more.
World Without End takes place in the same fictional town as Pillars of the Earth – Kingsbridge – and features the descendants of some Pillars characters 157 years later. [2] The plot incorporates two major historical events, the start of the Hundred Years' War and the Black Death. [3]
- Ken Follett
- 2007
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- 2010-07-23
- Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Oct 9, 2010 · Set in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, Follett's saga charts the lives of key characters during the long cathedral-building project and reflects the conflict between the two presiding powers of...
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.
Oct 1, 1989 · In 1989, Ken’s epic novel about the building of a medieval cathedral, The Pillars of the Earth, was published. It reached number one on best-seller lists everywhere and was turned into a major television series produced by Ridley Scott, which aired in 2010.
