The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The Pillars of the Earth was written by Ken Follett and is about the construct of a cathedral in a medieval incline townsfolk during the anarchy a succession crisis after the expiry of King Henry I. The sweet follows a group of characters that argon related through kinship, politics, a few random encounters, and alliances as well. The main character is tomcat reacher. He and his family were hale to attend for work when William Hamleigh released them from building a house. Shortly after Builder found work at Shiring Castle. Not too huge after, Sharing is attacked by the Hamleighs and tomcat Builder and his family are forced to leave. He and his family end up in the fronty of Kingsbridge who just true a new prior, Phillip.\nWhen the cathedral in Kingsbridge burned down, tom Builder was hired to build the new cathedral. The new prior Phillip along with the bishop of Kingsbridge make a petition to have several(prenominal) portions of the Shiring earldom. It was split bet ween the Kingsbridge priory and the Hamleighs.\n aft(prenominal) William Haleighs father passes away, Richard and Aliena, Earl Bartholomews children, create other petition for the earldom to return indorse to them. The child Jack who conjugate Tom Builder when he initially lost his job, travelled to France and because to Spain in erect to become better at his skill of ma give-and-takery. He then returns to Kingsbridge after he completes a cathedral that was inspired by Gothic architecture in France. Kingsbridge becomes a thriving town after Aleinas son receives the earldom and the cathedral is finished. The Pillars of the Earth is written in modern incline but while rendering you are still subject to get a huge sense of what time bound that the maintain is from. If written in Anglo-Saxon or Norman French, like the characters actually spoke, the book would be a overmuch more difficult read. regular(a) though the book is fictional, I still got the feel that I was actually in England during the Anarchy. The characters end-to-end the book ...