The Pillars of the Earth - The Kingsbridge Novels 1

b>A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, /b>b>The Pillars of the Earth/b>b> is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece./b>br>b>/b>br>b>A MASON WITH A DREAM/b>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 can use his talents to create and build a cathedral like no other.b>A MONK WITH A BURNING MISSION/b>Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, is resourceful, but with money scarce he knows that for his town to survive it must find a way to thrive, and so he makes the decision to build within it the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has ever known.b>A WORLD OF HIGH IDEALS AND SAVAGE CRUELTY/b>As Tom and Philip meet so begins an epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power. In a world beset by strife and enemies that would thwart their plans, they will stop at nothing to achieve their ambitions in a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother . . .b>The Pillars of the Earth is the first in The Kingsbridge Novels series, followed by World Without End and A Column of Fire./b>

Product details

• Authors: Ken Follett
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781509848492
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-4849-2
• No. of pages: 1104
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 48 mm
• Series: Kingsbridge; The Kingsbridge Novels; 172 POCHE; The Kingsbridge Novels; 172 POCHE; Kingsbridge; Kingsbridge-Roman / The Kingsbridge Novels
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Historical novels and narratives; Sagas, Historical romance, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Sagas, Historical fiction, Wiltshire, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Medieval, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Generational sagas, Medieval style, 12th century, c 1100 to c 1199