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.

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.

Ken Follett detours from his well-known and beloved suspense with The Pillars of the Earth, a novel in which he creates a Middle Ages English world with sumptuous historical detail in all of its crude, vast glory. Revolving around the lives of those working to build the most amazing Gothic cathedral in the world, Follett explores their ambitions, loves, and tribulations as they work to build a monument that will endure the test of time.

Set in twelfth-century England, when Empress Maud and King Stephen are fighting for the crown of England after the death of Henry, this work of historical fiction chronicles the struggle to build the greatest gothic cathedral the world has ever known.

A prior, a master builder, and their community try to build a cathedral to protect themselves while Stephen and the Empress Maud fight for the crown of England. Set in twelfth-century England, this epic of kings and peasants juxtaposes the building of a magnificent cathedral with the violence and treachery that often characterized the Middle Ages.