The Pillars of the Earth
05 October 2007
Imprint: Macmillan Digital Audio
Synopsis
Abridged edition, narrated by Richard E Grant (Withnail and I)
An epic, spellbinding 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 historical masterpiece.
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Details
05 October 2007
600 minutes
Richard E Grant
9780230527843
Imprint: Macmillan Digital Audio
Reviews
A highly enjoyable tale . . . this book evokes its period brilliantlySunday 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