![]() ![]() ![]() The Pillars of the Earthis the first novel in Follett’s Kingsbridge series, the books that follow are equally as enticing occurring during other notable events in history and involve descendants of some of the characters from Pillars. We get absorbed in the lives of the many, many characters linked to it’s creation over the intervening years in what becomes an epic story of struggle, love, deceit and revenge. The country is on the brink of a civil war but in the midst of it all, a spectacular cathedral is under construction in the fictional town of Kingsbridge. In Ken Follett’s critically acclaimed novel, we are catapulted back into Medieval Britain somewhere between the sinking of the White Ship and the murder of Thomas Beckett. It’s easy to become so immersed in books like The Pillars of the Earth that you start to believe the alternative narratives they weave of well known historical events and of the stories we thought we knew so well. ![]()
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