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. 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 Historical Materpiece. 'Enormous and Brilliant ...This Mammoth Tale Seems to Touch All Human Emotion - Love and Hate, Loyalty and Treachery, Hope and Despair. This is Truly a Novel to Get Lost In' Cosmopolitan 'A Historical Saga of Such Breadth and Density ...Follett Succeeds Brilliantly in Combining Hugeness and Detail to Create a Novel Imbued With the Rawness, Violence and Blind Faith of the Era' Sunday Express