The Pillars of the Earth
04 September 2008Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
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.
A MASON WITH A DREAM
1135 and civil war, famine and religious strife abound. With his family on the verge of starvation, mason Tom Builder dreams of the day that he...
Details
04 September 20081104 pages
9780330465717Imprint: Pan
Reviews
A highly enjoyable tale . . . this book evokes its period brilliantlyThe Sunday Times
A historical saga of such breadth and density . . . Follett succeeds brilliantly in combining hugeness and detail to create a novel imbued with the rawness, violence and blind faith of the eraSunday Express
Enormous and brilliant . . . this mammoth tale seems to touch all human emotion - love and hate, loyalty and treachery, hope and despair. This is truly a novel to get lost inCosmopolitan
