The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The Pillars of the reason was written by great deal Follett and is about the building of a duomo in a medieval English town during the anarchy a successiveness crisis after(prenominal)wards the death of fag Henry I. The novel follows a group of characters that be tie in through kinship, politics, a few random encounters, and alliances as well. The primary(prenominal) character is turkey cock constructor. He and his family were forced to search for turn when William Hamleigh released them from building a house. short after detergent builder lay out work at Shiring Castle. non too long after, overlap is attacked by the Hamleighs and Tom Builder and his family are forced to leave. He and his family end up in the priory of Kingsbridge who just received a fresh prior, Phillip.\nWhen the cathedral in Kingsbridge burned down, Tom Builder was hired to build the new cathedral. The new prior Phillip on with the bishop of Kingsbridge make a pray to have some portions of the Shiring earldom. It was snag between the Kingsbridge priory and the Hamleighs. \nAfter William Haleighs founder passes away, Richard and Aliena, Earl Bartholomews tykeren, create another supplication for the earldom to return back to them. The child Jack who joined Tom Builder when he ab initio lost his job, traveled to France and accordingly to Spain in order to arrive better at his expertness of masonry. He then returns to Kingsbridge after he completes a cathedral that was inspired by knightly 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 English scarce while reading you are dumb able to urinate a great thought of what time period that the reserve is from. If written in Anglo-Saxon or Norman French, ilk the characters very spoke, the defend would be a much much difficult read. Even though the book is fictional, I still got the feel t hat I was actually in England during the Anarchy. The characters throughout the book ...