The Pillars of the Earth
Edition: 1st New American Library Printing Deluxe Edition (2)
Series: Oprah's Book Club (60)
Publisher: New American Library
Published: 2007-10
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 973
ISBN-13: 9780451225245
Copyright date: 1989
Subjects: Historical; Suspense; Cathedrals; Design and construction; Epic literature; Great Britain; Historical fiction; History; Stephen, 1135-1154; Suspense fiction; Fiction - Historical; Fiction
First sentence: IN A BROAD VALLEY, at the foot of a sloping hillside, beside a clear bubbling stream, Tom was building a house.
Description: 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 and evil that will turn church against state and brother against brother.

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.
--front flap
Notes: US/CAN