Description
| Product ID: | 9781035020157 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Kingsbridge Novels |
| Title: | The Pillars of the Earth |
| Authors: | Author: Ken Follett |
| Page Count: | 1104 |
| Subjects: | Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Historical adventure fiction, Historical romance, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Historical fiction, Historical adventure, Historical romance, Sagas, Historical fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Spellbinding and mesmerizing, Ken Follett’s classic masterpiece is beloved throughout the world. In medieval England a resourceful monk strives to build the world's greatest Gothic cathedral. <p><b>A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, </b><b><i>The Pillars of the Earth</i></b><b> is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.</b><br><br><b>A MASON WITH A DREAM </b><br><br>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.<br><br><b>A MONK WITH A BURNING MISSION</b><br><br>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.<br><br><b>A WORLD OF HIGH IDEALS AND SAVAGE CRUELTY</b><br><br>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 . . .<br><br><i>The Pillars of the Earth</i> is the first in The Kingsbridge Novels series, followed by <i>World Without End</i> and <i>A Column of Fire</i>.<br><br><b>More than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. The international No. 1 bestselling phenomenon returns. </b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-06-15 |
