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(Kingsbridge #1)

Un mistery e, allo stesso tempo, una sensuale storia d'amore ambientata tra i costruttori delle grandi cattedrali del medioevo. Azioni, colpi di scena e oscure passioni sullo sfondo di un'era ricca di intrighi e tradimenti, pericoli e minacce, conflitti e lotte spietate per la conquista del potere.

Published 1996 by Arnoldo Mondadori (first published October 1989)

Ken Follett - author, philanthropist, guitarist

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“The most expensive part of building is the mistakes.”

Look, it's difficult to explain exactly why I liked this book. Seriously, if you take a look at the blurb, note the 973 pages, and the fact it's a very long story about building a cathedral in Medieval England, you might think I've been smoking something. But for me - and I'm assuming for a large number of other readers - it was so damn compelling.
I'm going to get the crap out of the way first - if you are sensitive to scenes of rape, DO NO...more

Aug 28, 2008DeLaina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I devour books. That is my euphemism for being so OCD that I can't put it down and live my life until I finish it. For shorter books, that's generally not a problem, but for the 974 page Pillars of the Earth...well, let's just say we ran out of food, my children clung to my legs asking for food, and the floors did not get vacuumed for a good five days while I whittled away at this book.
CLIFF HANGER: This book is not a cliff-hanger at the end of every chapter kind of book, which makes it easier t...more

Aug 30, 2009Amanda rated it did not like it · review of another edition

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Dec 27, 2007Francine rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: medieval, books-i-don-t-care-for, historical-fiction, epic

I did not hate this book (hate would be too strong a word, and I can't hate it because I applaud the fact that Ken Follett attempted to write an epic novel). But I did not like it. I didn't like it from the start; his writing style hit me like a brick, but Jim thoroughly enjoyed the book that I kept trying to convince myself that I ought to give it a chance, hoping it would get better. When I was about 500 pages in, he saw how miserable I was and asked why I didn't just stop reading it, but at t...more

Mar 08, 2018Matthew rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, 2018, historical-fiction, library, tear-jerkers, favorites, classic, revenge

7.2 MILLION STARS!
Did I just read one of the most amazing books I have ever read? Yes, yes I did!
I cannot say enough about this book, the story, the writing, the characters, etc. etc. etc. Everything is perfect!
If someone had said to me, “Here is a 1000 page book about the building of a cathedral 1000 years ago in England” I probably would have fallen asleep before the end of their sentence. But, do not judge a book by its description – it is a 1000 page book about the building of a cathedral,...more

Nov 18, 2007amelia rated it did not like it · review of another edition

This is seriously one of the worst books I've ever read. The only reason I finished the book is because I cannot put a book down once I start.
The writing is terrible. The plotting may be dramatic, but I had almost zero interest in any of the characters; they seem to exist merely for events to happen to them, like actors in a disaster movie. Beyond that there seemed to be three characters in the book: Bad guy, good guy, and good victimized-yet-able-to -overcome girl.
What got me most was: Ken Foll...more

Feb 17, 2018Jeffrey Keeten rated it really liked it

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Shelves: plantagenet, religion, architecture, historical-fiction

”He was mesmerized by the challenge of making soft, round shapes out of hard rock. The stone had a will of its own, and if he tried to make it do something it did not want to do, it would fight him, and his chisel would slip, or dig in too deeply, spoiling the shapes. But once he had got to know the lump of rock in front of him he could transform it.”
There are so many memorable characters populating this epic novel that I would be hard pressed to even say who is the main character of this nove...more

Jan 17, 2014Sean Barrs the Bookdragon rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This book was so completely fantastic that I almost forgot the outside world existed when I was reading it. I’ve never be so emotionally invested in a story, as I was with this. It’s a rare book that does this to me. I think it’s because it follows the characters through such a large proportion of their lives, resulting in a large amount of intimacy and investment with them. Indeed, this novel spans a massive period of forty years and has 1000+ pages; this is no light reading; it is deep, emotiv...more

Mar 22, 2019Chelsea Humphrey rated it it was amazing ·

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Shelves: library

This was incredible. After reading this for weeks, I'll need a bit to sort out my thoughts on this one. Review to come.
Also, how great is the feeling when you're the first person to check out a brand new replacement copy via the library?

Aug 20, 2008Misfit rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: medieval-make-believe, wall-banger, not-recommended-for-the-pc-set, who-wrote-this, life-is-too-short, no-class-barriers-in-this-tale, penman-is-better, sex-is-tmi-male-fantasy, it-doesn-t-get-much-worse-than-this, off-to-the-charity-box

I know I'm going to be in the minority here, but this is truly one of the worst books I have ever read. I came so close to throwing the book across the room on several occasions, and ended up skipping through many pages just to get to the final and not too surprising finish.
The characters were flat and lifeless and seemed to have been transplanted from the 20th century into medieval England. The book was rife with unnecessary profanity that in no way enhanced the storyline and obscene gratuitou...more

Dec 31, 2012Dan Schwent rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, homework-from-the-ladies, confession-time, kitten-squisher

Confession time: This is not a book I would have picked out for myself. First of all, look at the size of this kitten squisher! Second of all, Amanda's hate-filled review of it is one of my favorite reviews on Goodreads. However, it's one of my girlfriend's favorite books and when she suggested I give it a read, I knew what was good for me. Lucky for me, I enjoyed it.
Pillars of the Earth is a multigenerational tale about the construction of a cathedral in a fictitious English town in the 1100s....more

Aug 31, 2015James rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 3-multi-book-series, 1-fiction, 4-historical-fiction

I read this out of order as once I read 'World Without End,' I was so captivated that I had to go back to read this one. It was good, but I much preferred 'World Without End.'
Follett creates such a remarkable world full of characters you love and you hate. And to think it takes place over 500 years ago... so many historical adventures, realities... I love the relationship people had with the church -- not so much from a religious perspective, but in how it defined every action and thought in the...more

Jul 11, 2008Jax rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: People with iron wills and a surfeit of free time.

Recommended to Jax by: My mother, who thought I'd like the cover art.

A massive tome with a spine thicker than Arnold Schwartzenegger’s forearm, Pillars looks intimidating enough to make even the most avid readers wary; its 973 pages are densely packed with unforgiving walls of 8-point text with nary a line break in sight. Before I was more than a hundred pages in, however, it became apparent that length was among the least of this behemoth of a book’s problems.
Follett's concept—a medieval, generation-spanning epic built around the construction of a cathedral—is...more

Aug 04, 2013Matt rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Ken Follett leaves his comfort zone with this epic tome, which highlights the development and building of a massive cathedral in Kingsbridge, a rural English community. Follett takes the reader back to the 12th century, where Tom Builder is looking for work. After the death of his wife in childbirth, Tom leads his family from town to town hoping for employment scraps to ensure his brood has a means to survive. Meanwhile, a young monk by the name of Phillip travels to Kingsbridge on business, onl...more

Nov 17, 2011Shannon rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, my-very-best-reads, the-sweeping-epic, books-reviewed, owned

A tapestry of medieval cathedrals centered around an epic drama and some would term it melodrama but that's open to debate.
Ken Follet actually wanted to write this book years before it was published. But his agent told him to build up his base of fans by writing several more thrillers. His EYE OF THE NEEDLE pushed him up to the best seller list.
At a later point, after writing those novels and studying medieval cathedral architecture, Follet got to write his 900 page novel centering around the...more

Mar 17, 2008Troy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Ahem.
'Pillars of the Earth' is a very long book. It's got a lot of soap-opera-like twists and turns - no amnesia, but just about everything else, including mistaken identities, illicit marriages, illicit lack of marriage, illegitimate children, questionable parentage, love triangles, revenge, greed, power, a few murders, rape, witches, politics, knights, swords and horsies. OK, that last bit is not so soap-opera-like. There's also lots and lots of architecture. And it's a very long book.
Main st...more

Nov 29, 2010Jason Koivu rated it really liked it · review of another edition

A monumental undertaking! An achievement to last the ages!
Want to know how it feels to build a cathedral? Read The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. By the time you're done reading this huge book you will feel as if you've spent the better part of your life hoisting brick and laying mortar.
The details are marvelous and intricate. Follett obviously did a lot of research in order to construct this mammoth book. This is reminiscent of Moby Dick in the minutia of its attention to detail. It acts...more

Jun 11, 2011Kay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: war-and-conflict, smilingdamnedvillain, epic, heroes-flawed-n-great, formidable-women, historical, kings-queens-n-fools

How does one review a book that one cannot even describe?
So many times after gushing about how good Pillars was, people ask me, What’s it about?
And I, swirling in the happy aftermath of a mind so blown away that it’s still traveling near the speed of light, struggle to gather what’s left of analytical thinking and dumbly blurt, “Um, it’s about building this cathedral…”
Way to not to sell a book.
I still have trouble really describing Pillars in a way that satisfies. Because while it is about build...more

Jun 14, 2016Amalia Gavea rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

There aren't many things left to say when it comes to Ken Follett's masterpiece. The Pillars of the Earth is one of the most beautiful, haunting, exquisitely well-written novels of all time. It is a 'showstopper' book not only in the Historical Fiction genre, but in Literature in general. Still, for an obsessed reader of historical novels like yours trully, it can become the standard by which all other historical sagas are measured. I don't know whether this is just and right, but it does happ...more

Jan 13, 2018Peter rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Epic
If you ever wanted to use the words Epic and Classic in a book review, The Pillars of the Earth is a book that upholds that accolade. It is a fabulous masterpiece of historical fiction, based in England in the 12th Century. The sense of time and place are vividly drawn and the fragility and harshness of life shadow each of the characters.
The array of characters are impressively developed, and with over 1000 pages in the novel, this becomes a generational journey spanning many decades and gi...more

Apr 18, 2010Stephen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: ebooks, 6-star-books, 1980-1989, epic, romantical, audiobook, historical-fiction

6.0 stars. An absolutely amazing reading experience. This one may actually make it on to my 'All Time Favorite' list. I listened to the audio version of this book, which means just over 40 hours of content, and when it was finished, I actually believed it should have been LONGER. This book grabbed me from the opening pages and kept me interested and engaged throughout the entire novel (a very rare feet for a 1000 page novel). With as much as I had heard about this book, I went into it with very...more

Dec 22, 2011Simona Bartolotta rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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4.5
“What you’re doing is wrong,” he said. “I mean evil. To give up happiness like this is like throwing jewels into the ocean. It’s far worse than any sin.”
Since there is pretty much nothing I didn't like about this book, and since the only reason why the fifth star is missing is that Medieval history isn't really my thing and so I loved the Century trilogy far too much more in comparison with The Pillars of the Earth to give the latter the same rating as the former, in this review I will only b...more

Apr 27, 2014Dana Ilie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This is one of those novels where you come to care about the characters (most of them; others you come to hate), where you are cheering them on and hoping things will finally go their way. As in his previous novels, Follett doesn’t shy away from hard truths; this was a brutal time in history, and there are some horrible and disturbing acts of violence in the novel (and not all occur during battle), but that only makes you root for the main characters even harder. I even found the scenes describi...more

Oct 17, 2017Candace rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This epic novel draws the reader into the 12th century story filled with tragedy, romance, success, betrayal and revenge. We have a host of characters to love and hate. Through these characters we live vicariously. The description is so well written that the reader feels they are in the story, whether in Kingsbridge, England building a Gothic cathedral or in Saint-Denis (France) studying cathedral architecture. The plot and subplots weave through the building of Kingsbridge cathedral and the man...more

Jul 28, 2008Michael rated it did not like it · review of another edition

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Nov 10, 2008Lucy rated it did not like it · review of another edition

I hated this book. Let's just get that out of the way so there is no confusion later on.
Ken Follett describes a gloomy, dismal, nearly barbaric society whose citizens' greatest concerns seem to be their egos and their lust for power and control. He uses the building of the great European cathedrals as the impetus for his story; the magnificent structures were made possible through trickery, lies, greed, criminal acts and selfish ambition. Forget about the Glory of God...that's just history's cov...more

Feb 15, 2008Lianna rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Toward the end of this 1000 page book I noticed the ad for the equally non-descript titled SEQUEL released 17 years after Pillars. This raises a lot of questions. What kind of author leaves his fans hanging for 17 years? Can there possibly be anything left unsaid after 1000 pages? Is this why Follett looks so smug on the back cover w/his black turtleneck?
Maybe in the sequel he'll explain why he couldn't find room in the story for Martha after age 6. She was my favorite character and she got mayb...more

Sep 19, 2009Dem rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This is an amazing read, I loved this book. A lengthy novel at over 900 pages and not for the faint hearted and yet the story moves at a surprising quick pace. The characters are so well portrayed and engaging that you cant wait to turn the pages to unravel their fates. I loved the twists and turns of this novel and as historical fiction goes this is among the best I have read as the research is excellent.
Set in 12th-century England, the narrative concerns the building of a cathedral in the fic...more

Dec 27, 2011Richard Derus rated it liked it · review of another edition

Rating: 3* of five
The Publisher Says: As a new age dawns in England's twelfth century, the building of a mighty Gothic cathedral sets the stage for a story of intrigue and power, revenge and betrayal. It is in this rich tapestry, where kings and queens are corrupt - and one majestic creation will bond them forever.
Honest. That's all of it. I guess they figure if you haven't read it by now, you ain't a-gonna?
My Review: This was a group read on LibraryThing in 2009...I joined in because I haven't...more

Mar 08, 2018Lucie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Shelves: hard-to-put-down, favorites, great-characters, historical-fiction

This novel is nothing short of outstanding. It's a masterpiece.
Don't let the length of it scare you. From the very first page, you are immediately drawn right into this completely engrossing and totally absorbing read. As long as this book is, I wished it was longer.
This story transports you directly to 12th century England. To say it's 'atmospheric' would be a total understatement. Kings and castles, monks and monasteries, small huts with dirt floors and straw roofs, tiny villages turning int...more

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Ken Follett is one of the world’s most successful authors. Over 165 million copies of the 31 books he has written have been sold in over 80 countries and in 33 languages.
Born on June 5th, 1949 in Cardiff, Wales, the son of a tax inspector, Ken was educated at state schools and went on to graduate from University College, London, with an Honours degree in Philosophy – later to be made a Fellow of...more

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