Ken Follett had long been a staple of the bestseller lists for his novels of intrigue and espionage. Then came <i>The Pillars of the Earth</i>, a grand novel of epic storytelling that readers and critics quickly hailed as his crowning achievement. Now, <i>The Pillars of the Earth</i> is available for the first time to a new audience of readers, in this attractive new trade paperback edition. <br><br>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, <i>The Pillars of the Earth</i> is a masterpiece from one of the world's most popular authors. Ken Follett http://lakenet.llcoop.org/search/X?Book+Club+in+a+Bag+The+Pillars+of+the+Earth+Follett 112 2008-02-13T11:45:09-05:00 Set in twelfth-century England, this epic of kings and peasants juxtaposes the building of a magnificent church with the violence and treachery that often characterized the Middle Ages.<br><a target="_blank" onClick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/pdf/BookClubBag/PillarsEarth'); " href="http://www.kdl.org/kdl/pdf/BookClubBag/PillarsEarth.pdf">Download a discussion guide for this book</a> 1729 0451225244