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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. blondierocket | Jun 28, 2009 |  1   This is one of my favorite books of all times. I love reading the period stuff and keep my up late at night until I finished. I think I have read it three or four times now. (  )DawsonM | Jun 27, 2009 | Merged review: (  )trueepicure | Jun 14, 2009 |  A friend suggested that I read this. I had issues putting it down. So did my wife. We were in Italy on our honeymoon! ( )j-thothle.com | May 31, 2009 | Brilliant! This extraordinary historical masterpiece set in 12th century England contains story elements that will have the reader on an emotional rollercoaster -- love and hate, war and peace, loyalty and treachery, hope and despair. I was truly sorry to see this book end. A top 10 favorite of all-time for me. ( )joannesliceoflife | May 28, 2009 | 0.059 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0451207149, Paperback)Ken Follett had long been a staple of the bestseller lists for his novels of intrigue and espionage. Then came The Pillars of the Earth, a grand novel of epic storytelling that readers and critics quickly hailed as his crowning achievement. Now, The Pillars of the Earth is available for the first time to a new audience of readers, in this attractive new trade paperback edition.In 12th-century England, the building of a mighty Gothic cathedral signals the dawn of a new age. This majestic creation will bond clergy and kings, knights and peasants together in a story of toil, faith, ambition and rivalry. A sweeping tale of the turbulent middle ages, The Pillars of the Earth is a masterpiece from one of the world's most popular authors. "A novel of majesty and power...Will hold you, fascinate you, surround you." --Chicago Sun-Times "A towering tale...There's murder, arson, treachery, torture, love, and lust...A good time can be had by all." --New York Daily News "Touches all human emotions...truly a novel to get lost in." --Cosmopolitan (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:05 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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The Pillars of the Earth tells the long journey of a family as they struggle to survive through the ups and downs of life. Tom Builder wants to become the master builder to a wonderful cathedral but has a hard time finding work and the means to support his family. He is striken by loss and fears he will never find happiness again.
With a book of this epic proportion it’s hard to go through the entire plot without somehow giving away key points. I know I found the book more enjoyable by not reading much about it prior so I didn’t know what to expect. Some of it was rather shocking, the sense that you never expected the author to do something so drastic.
And then there’s combination of spirituality and obstinance while mixed with vuglar sexual encounters. It is such a diverse book that even if you don’t like overly spiritual or overall romantic books, there is more than enough to go around for it to appeal to so many readers of different varieties.
Unsure in the beginning the form the book would take and the overall message, I was happy at finding that the book covered so many lives and years that the focus involved a whole community rather than a single character and family, while still holding the readers attention and hooking them on the various storylines.
It was well worth the read, despite the almost 4 weeks it took me to read it.