By Ken Follett
From no 1 New York Times bestselling writer Ken Follett comes this spellbinding epic set in twelfth-century England. The Pillars of the Earth tells the tale of the lives entwined within the construction of the best Gothic cathedral the area has ever known-and a fight among stable and evil that might flip church opposed to nation, and brother opposed to brother.
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Little Teyj. " A sudden fear, a stab in Giyan's heart. " A moment's pause. "Annon did not, I think, appreciate your love. " Riane spread her hands. "Annon is dead. " "And we? " Riane looked up at the magnificent dome of the Library, encrusted with a mosaic of Kundala and the sinuous star constellations surrounding it. Composed of millions of tiny colored glass tiles, fitted cunningly together as only the Kundalan artisans could, the dome produced an ethereal glow like a perpetual sunrise or sunset.
He had, indeed, met the Dar Sala-at that night in the caverns below the regent's palace. To his consternation the Dar Sala-at was a young female. He did not know her name, but he was absolutely certain that he could pick her out of a crowd at fifty meters. This was his secret, hoarded for a time when its use would be of most value to him. He would never tell Nith Batoxxx, nor anyone else until it served his purpose. " Nith Batoxxx looked at him out of glittering eyes. "The Portals are important because they lead to...
An unacceptable solution! I am the leader of the largest Commune on the north continent. " "I know full well the percentages harvested from each of the seven Communes, Jerrlyn. After all, it is we V'ornn who carved up the territories and created the Commune system. It is so much more efficient than the helter-skelter structure you had in place. Each Commune has now tripled its output since inception. " "Yes, but the bulk of the increase goes to feed the V'ornn populace, leaving us less than we had before.