| The Pillars of the Earth (Deluxe Edition) (Oprah's Book Club) | 
 enlarge | Author: Ken Follett
Publisher: NAL Trade
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (1250 reviews)
Sales Rank: 297
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 973
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.9
ISBN: 0451225244
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780451225245
ASIN: 0451225244
Publication Date: November 14, 2007
Release Date: November 14, 2007
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Book Description
Ken Follett had long been a staple of the bestseller lists for his novels of intrigue and espionage. Then came The Pillars of the Earth, a grand novel of epic storytelling that readers and critics quickly hailed as his crowning achievement. Now, The Pillars of the Earth is available for the first time to a new audience of readers, in this attractive new trade paperback edition.
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, The Pillars of the Earth is a masterpiece from one of the world's most popular authors.
"A novel of majesty and power...Will hold you, fascinate you, surround you." --Chicago Sun-Times
"A towering tale...There's murder, arson, treachery, torture, love, and lust...A good time can be had by all." --New York Daily News
"Touches all human emotions...truly a novel to get lost in." --Cosmopolitan
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 Wonderful read August 28, 2008
Amazing book. Extremely engrossing, although the first 100 pages are slower than most, the next 800+ pages fly by.
 Worst book I've read in a long time August 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I originally read The Pillars of the Earth when it was published in 1989. I enjoyed it at the time. I was 14.
More recently I had heard about the sequel and decided it was time to re-read the original beforehand. Wow. I'm having the hardest time forcing myself to get through it -- like some of the other reviewers mentioned I'm scanning the chapters for plot points to avoid the misery of wading through the writing. It's pulpy, the characters are one-dimensional, the prose is ponderous, and *everything* is laid out for the reader. The plot is interesting, but not novel. It's incredibly overrated, and I recommend you skip this one.
Review: Pillars of the Earth August 25, 2008
This book was a true pleasure to read. And I enjoyed reading it on my Kindle as well. I am now reading Ken Follet's sequal to this book, which takes place several hundred years later. I give it 5 stars.
Drivel August 24, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have read several of Ken Follett's books, and this one is pure yack. My opinion is that it was ghost written. It's disjointed, contrived, wandering, puerile and, as a result, almost unreadable. I've enjoyed his other books, but this one is junk. It's as though a few basic ideas and a lot of arcane words (repetitively used) were fed into a computer program and spat back out. Forget the sequel. Don't waste your money on either book...sorry, Ken, but this one is way below par.
WHICH IS SEXIER, PILLARS OR WORLD WITHOUT END? August 20, 2008
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!! MUST READ, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THAT TIME PERIOD AND ARE A FAN OF CATHEDRAL ARCHITECTURE. PLUS SO MUCH HOT AND STEAMY ROMANCE!
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