num_pages: 1104
description: It begins with a curse, a song and a hanging, and it builds into a magnificent adventure no reader will ever forget. At once a sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age, The Pillars q/' the Earth is without doubt Ken Follett's masterpiece, and a story for all time .--back cover
language: English
title: Pillars of the Earth
titlecomplete: Pillars of the Earth
characters: Tom Builder, Prior Philip, Richard of Kingsbridge, Aliena, Henry II of England, William Hamleigh, Waleran Bigod, Alfred Builder, Lady Regan Hamleigh, Thomas Becket, Stephen of England, Ellen, Remigius, Empress Matilda, Jack Jackson, Lord Percy Hamleigh
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Adult, Classics, Medieval, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 744456
places: England
series: Kingsbridge
publisher: Pan Books