Kingsbridge · Book 3

A Column of Fire

Published
1 January 2017
Pages
934
ISBN-13
9780525954972
Type
novel
Cover of A Column of Fire

About this book

A Column of Fire, published in 2017, moves Kingsbridge into the Reformation and Elizabethan intrigue of the 1550s, the third of Follett's decades-spanning returns to the cathedral town.

Key facts about A Column of Fire

A Column of Fire is a novel by Ken Follett. Readers have had it since 1 January 2017. It runs to 934 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of A Column of Fire. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780525954972 to find the main one.

A Column of Fire is book 3 of 5 in the Kingsbridge series. The series has 5 published books. However, the series starts with The Pillars of the Earth (1989). The Armour of Light is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 26 September 2023.

Additionally, Ken Follett writes Apples Carstairs and The Century Trilogy as separate series. Those series sit on our crime and historical fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Circle of Days is the latest published Ken Follett book on file, from 1 January 2025.

About Ken Follett

Ken Follett is a Welsh author who built his early career on espionage thrillers, most notably Eye of the Needle, before becoming one of the bestselling historical fiction writers of his generation with the Kingsbridge series. See every Ken Follett book in order.

Its place in Kingsbridge

A Column of Fire is book 3 in the Kingsbridge series. It follows World Without End. It is followed by The Evening and the Morning. See the full Kingsbridge reading order.

Ken Follett's Kingsbridge novels are sweeping, doorstop-sized epics of ordinary people caught up in the great building projects and social upheavals of English history, all centred on the fictional cathedral town of Kingsbridge. The series began with The Pillars of the Earth (1989), following the decades-long construction of Kingsbridge Cathedral across the 12th century's civil war known as the Anarchy — masons, monks, and nobles thrown together by ambition, faith, and the sheer scale of building a Gothic…

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