num_pages: 1006
description: In a time of civil war, famine and religious strife, there rises a magnificent Cathedral in Kingsbridge. Against this backdrop, lives entwine: Tom, the master builder, Aliena, the noblewoman, Philip, the prior of Kingsbridge, Jack, the artist in stone and Ellen, the woman from the forest who casts a curse. At once, this is a sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age.Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN 0451166892 here.
language: English
title: The Pillars of the Earth
titlecomplete: The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
characters: Ellen, Remigius, Thomas Becket, Richard of Kingsbridge, Alfred Builder, Lord Percy Hamleigh, Prior Philip, William Hamleigh, Henry II of England, Empress Matilda, Lady Regan Hamleigh, Stephen of England, Jack Jackson, Tom Builder, Aliena, Waleran Bigod
genres: Historical, Audiobook, Classics, Novels, Adult, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, British Literature
ratings_count: 744200
places: England
series: Kingsbridge
publisher: Penguin Books