The Pillars of the Earth Poetry background material

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Publisher: Ten Speed Press (October 23

8” (22cm) long and 9” (24cm) wide

Captain Robert Bennet Forbes and the crew of the USS Jamestown embarked on a voyage that began a massive eighteen-month demonstration of soaring goodwill against the backdrop of unfathomable despair―one nation’s struggle to survive

and a series of near disasters—O’Brady persevered

The Pillars of the Earth Poetry background materialThe 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 architecta man divided in his soul . . . of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame . . . and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state and brother against brother. A spellbinding epic tale of