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- 1. Anarchy Jul 23, 2010
- England's crown is in doubt and causes King Henry's daughter and nephew to compete for the throne.
- 2. Master Builder Jul 23, 2010
- William takes Aliena and Richard by surprise in a brutal attack.
- 3. Redemption Jul 30, 2010
- Prior Philip and William find themselves in a standoff over access to the Shiring quarry.
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. Set in the 12th century, the novel covers the time between the sinking of the White Ship and the murder of Thomas Becket , but focuses primarily on the Anarchy .
- Ken Follett, Rosalía Vázquez
- 806
- 1989
- 1989
Jun 29, 2010 · 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 ...
- 1989
- Ken Follett, Rosalía Vázquez
- 4.6 out of 5 stars68,447
Oct 1, 1989 · Pillars of the Earth is a multigenerational tale about the construction of a cathedral in a fictitious English town in the 1100s. Many threads are followed for it's nigh-1000 page girth. Tom Builder goes from being an expectant father to a widow to a master builder. Philip becomes a prior and the ruler of Kingsbridge.
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- Paperback
The Pillars of the Earth 1989 | Historical Fiction | 1104 pages 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. BUY THIS BOOK A Mason with a Dream 1135 and civil war, famine….
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 ...
- Hardcover
The Pillars of the Earth. Set in 12th-century England, this eight-hour miniseries based on Ken Follett's best-seller begins when a mysterious secret disrupts the succession to the English throne ...
In 1989 The Pillars of the Earth was published, and has since become Ken's most successful novel, selling 26 million copies. Ken's next book, The Evening and the Morning, will be published in September 2020. It is a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth and is set around the year 1,000, when Kingsbridge was an Anglo-Saxon settlement threatened by ...
