The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by Welsh author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England. Set in the 12th century, the novel covers the time between the sinking of the White Ship and the murder …
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The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by Welsh author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England. Set in the 12th century, the novel covers the time between the sinking of the White Ship and the murder of Thomas Becket, but focuses primarily on the Anarchy. The book traces the development of Gothic architecture out of the preceding Romanesque architecture, and the fortunes of the Kingsbridge priory and village against the backdrop of historical events of the time. Before this novel was published, Follett was known for writing in the thriller genre. The Pillars of the Earth became his best-selling work. It was made into an 8-part miniseries in 2010, and a video game in 2017. The book was listed at no. 33 on the BBC's Big Read, a 2003 survey with the goal of finding the "nation's best-loved book". The book was selected in the United States for Oprah's Book Club in 2007. It is the first book in the Kingsbridge Series - the others being a sequel, set 150 years later, entitled World Without End (2007), and A Column of Fire (2017) set in Elizabethan England. A fourth novel, The Evening and the Morning (2020), a prequel set in 997 AD, was released on September 15, 2020.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 1051327
- Goodreads:
- 1805267
Editions of The Pillars of the Earth
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Die Säulen der Erde
Paperback, 1151 pages
German language
Published Oct. 8, 1992 by Bastei Lubbe.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-404-11896-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 831323254
The Pillars of the Earth
Paperback, 1076 pages
English language
Published Oct. 8, 1990 by Pan Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-330-31273-8Copied ISBN!
The Pillars of the Earth
Mass Market Paperback
English language
Published June 29, 2010 by Signet.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-451-23281-6Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 645502245
Die Säulen der Erde
Paperback, 1151 pages
German language
Published Oct. 8, 1992 by Bastei Lubbe.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-404-11896-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 831323254
Les piliers de la terre
Mass Market Paperback, 1049 pages
French language
Published Sept. 1, 1990 by Livre de Poche.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-253-05953-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 33601520
I pilastri della terra
paperback, 1030 pages
Italian language
Published Oct. 8, 1996 by Mondadori.
- ISBN:
- 978-88-04-41347-9Copied ISBN!
Los pilares de la Tierra
Hardcover, 1020 pages
Spanish language
Published Oct. 8, 1992 by Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A..
- ISBN:
- 978-84-01-49958-6Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 1255803
Die Säulen der Erde
1296 pages
German language
Published March 12, 2015 by Bastei Lubbe.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-404-17165-1Copied ISBN!
Les piliers de la terre
French language
Published Oct. 8, 2014
- ISBN:
- 978-2-253-06835-8Copied ISBN!
Les piliers de la terre
French language
Published Oct. 8, 2007
- ISBN:
- 978-2-253-12344-6Copied ISBN!
Les Piliers de la Terre
French language
Published Oct. 8, 1992
- ISBN:
- 978-2-13-042811-4Copied ISBN!
Les piliers de la terre
French language
Published Oct. 8, 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-2-221-20214-2Copied ISBN!
Les Piliers de la terre
French language
- ISBN:
- 978-2-221-19077-7Copied ISBN!
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