SUMMARY: Set in twelfth-century England, this epic of kings and peasants juxtaposes the building of a magnificent church with the violence and treachery that often characterized the Middle Ages. Reissue.
The Pillars of the Earth
β Scribed by Ken Follett
- Book ID
- 100343110
- Publisher
- ePubLibre
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 635 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
The spellbinding epic set in twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of the lives entwined in the building of the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has ever knownβand a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother.
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A story of passion and idealism, which describes a group of men and women in the Middle Ages whose destinies are fatefully linked with the building of a cathedral. In a country torn by civil war, two generations struggle to rise above their primitive circumstances and create something beautiful. ***
SUMMARY: Set in twelfth-century England, this epic of kings and peasants juxtaposes the building of a magnificent church with the violence and treachery that often characterized the Middle Ages. Reissue.