#1NewYorkTimesBestsellerOprah’sBookClubSelectionThe“extraordinary...monumentalmasterpiece“(Booklist)thatchangedthecourseofKenFollett’salreadyphenomenalcareer--andbeginswhereitsprequel,TheEveningandtheMorning,ended.“Follettrisksallandcomesoutaclearwinner,“extolledPublishersWeeklyonthereleaseofThePillarsoftheEarth.Adepartureforthebestsellingthrillerwriter,thehistoricalepicstunnedreadersandcriticsalikewithitsambitiousscopeandgrippinghumanity.Today,itstandsasatestamenttoFollett’sunassailablecommandofthewrittenwordandtohisuniversalappeal.ThePillarsoftheEarthtellsthestoryofPhilip,priorofKingsbridge,adevoutandresourcefulmonkdriventobuildthegreatestGothiccathedraltheworldhasknown...ofTom,themasonwhobecomeshisarchitect--amandividedinhissoul...ofthebeautiful,elusiveLadyAliena,hauntedbyasecretshame...andofastrugglebetweengoodandevilthatwillturnchurchagainststateandbrotheragainstbrother.Aspellbindingepictaleofambition,anarchy,andabsolutepowersetagainstthesprawlingmedievalcanvasoftwelfth-centuryEngland,thisisKenFollett’shistoricalmasterpiece.
