num_pages: 806
description: Set in the turbulent times of twelfth-century England when civil war, famine, religious strife and battles over royal succession tore lives and families apart, this title tells the story of the building of a magnificent cathedral.
language: English
title: The Pillars of the Earth
titlecomplete: The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
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: 744395
places: England
series: Kingsbridge
publisher: Macmillan