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      The Pillars of the Earth

      by Ken Follett
      Published
      Aug 1989
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
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      983
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      Kingsbridge Book 1

      About This Book

      In a time of civil war, famine and religious strife, there rises a magnificent Cathedral in Kingsbridge. Against this backdrop, lives entwine: Tom, the master builder, Aliena, the noblewoman, Philip, the prior of Kingsbridge, Jack, the artist in stone and Ellen, the woman from the forest who casts a curse. At once, this is a sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age.

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      Book 1
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      General Fiction Suspense

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      Historical

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