Synopsis
Up until THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, Ken Follett was known as a talented thriller writer, but PILLARS broke new ground and became an international bestseller. A densely layered historical epic, the novel tracks the attempts by a master builder to construct a Gothic cathedral in 12th-century England during "The Anarchy," the time of civil war and chaos that followed the death the only heir of Henry I.

Details
Publication Date:	1996-06-01
Edition Description:	Reissue

Size
Height:	8.0 in
Width:	6.0 in
Thickness:	0.5 in
Weight:	15.2 oz

Publisher's Note
Ken Follett, internationally-acclaimed master of split-second suspense, author of six #1 bestsellers, reaches beyond the expected to achieve his most brilliant and remarkable novel. The epic story of the building of a cathedral in 12th century England and the lives of the people entwined with it and each other is a sensuous, enduring narrative, and a gripping tale of faith, ambition, bloodshed and betrayal.