Kingsbridge · Book 1
The Pillars of the Earth
- Published
- 1 January 1989
- Pages
- 806
- ISBN-13
- 9780688046590
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Pillars of the Earth launched the Kingsbridge series in 1989, following the decades-long construction of Kingsbridge Cathedral across the 12th century's civil war known as the Anarchy. At 806 pages, it remains the series' most acclaimed entry.
Its place in Kingsbridge
The Pillars of the Earth is book 1 in the Kingsbridge series. It is followed by World Without End. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780333519837
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780688046590