The Pillars of the Earth
05 October 2007Imprint: Macmillan Digital Audio
Synopsis
Abridged edition, narrated by Richard E Grant (Withnail and I)
An epic, spellbinding tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's historical masterpiece.
A Mason with a Dream
It is 1135 and civil war, famine and religious strife abound. With his family on the verge of starvation,...
Details
05 October 2007600 minutes
9780230527843Imprint: Macmillan Digital Audio
Reviews
A highly enjoyable tale . . . this book evokes its period brilliantlySunday Times
A historical saga of such breadth and density . . . Follett succeeds brilliantly in combining hugeness and detail to create a novel imbued with the rawness, violence and blind faith of the eraSunday Express
Enormous and brilliant . . . this mammoth tale seems to touch all human emotion - love and hate, loyalty and treachery, hope and despair. This is truly a novel to get lost inCosmopolitan
