The pillars of the earth

• Ken Follett

"The Pillars of the Earth" takes the reader back to twelfth- century England, a time of civil war, famine, religious strife and battles over royal succession, a time when man's ideals and aspirations were expressed in the building of a cathedral at Kingsbridge. A sensuous and enduring love story, and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age.