The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip prior of Kingsbridge a devout & 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 & evil that will turn church against state & brother against brother. A spellbinding epic tale of ambition anarchy & absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England this is Ken Follett's historical materpiece. ' Enormous & brilliant.. .this mammoth tale seems to touch all human emotion
- love & hate loyalty & treachery hope & despair. This is truly a novel to get lost in' Cosmopolitan 'A historical saga of such breadth & density.. . Follett succeeds brilliantly in combining hugeness & detail to create a novel imbued with the rawness violence & blind faith of the era' Sunday Express