Treasured Thursdays — The Pillars of the Earth

What is Trea­sured Thursdays?

A weekly install­ment of books that have affected me so deeply that I can­not bear to part with them.  Each week I will show­case one book from my per­ma­nent col­lec­tion and tell you why it holds it place in my library.

5. The Pil­lars of the Earth by Ken Follett

This is a sweep­ing epic that tells the tale of many char­ac­ters all influ­enced directly or indi­rectly with the build­ing of a cathe­dral.  It sat­is­fied my love of a great tale with excel­lent char­ac­ters and a love for archi­tec­ture and the pol­i­tics of a church.  Truly a wor­thy read and a wel­come addi­tion to my bookshelf.