TY - BOOK AU - Follett, Ken, TI - The pillars of the earth T2 - Pillars of the Earth SN - 1509848495 U1 - 823.914 23 PY - 2018/// CY - London : PB - Pan Books, KW - Cathedrals KW - Design and construction KW - Fiction KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Stephen, 1135-1154 KW - Historical fiction KW - fast KW - lcgft N2 - A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, this is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece. The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and 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 and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother. The Pillars of the Earth is followed by World Without End and A Column of Fire ER -