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The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by British 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.
- Ken Follett, Rosalía Vázquez
- 1989
The Pillars of the Earth: With Ian McShane, Matthew Macfadyen, Eddie Redmayne, Hayley Atwell. Set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart.
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- 2010-07-23
- Drama, Romance, Thriller
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The Pillars of the Earth is an eight-part 2010 television miniseries, adapted from Ken Follett 's 1989 novel of the same name. It debuted in the U.S. on Starz and in Canada on The Movie Network / Movie Central on 23 July 2010. Its UK premiere was on Channel 4 in October 2010.
- Historical Drama
Oct 1, 1989 · 770,831 ratings38,031 reviews. Ken Follett is known worldwide as the master of split-second suspense, but his most beloved and bestselling book tells the magnificent tale of a twelfth-century monk driven to do the seemingly impossible: build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has ever known.
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1989 | Historical Fiction | 1104 pages. A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett’s classic historical masterpiece.
Jun 29, 2010 · The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known . . . of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect—a man divided in his soul . . . of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame . . . and of a ...
Emerging from the war-torn shadows of England’s Dark Ages, an idealistic mason sets out on a quest of erecting a glorious Cathedral. 3,056 IMDb 8.0 2010 8 episodes. TV-MA.
