Title: You'll buy it for the historical details; You'll read it for the characters.
Product review: The Pillars of the Earth is by turns scholarly and a guilty pleasure. If you ever wanted to know a host of architectural data about European cathedrals, it's there. The information about the cathedrals would be a cinematographer's dream. You can easily visualize the sweep and scope of England's early monuments to Christian worship.If you want to get to know a host of characters from childhood to old age, it's in there, too. The love story between Aliena and Jack the Builder move this story along. However, there are other highly interesting folks you will meet along the way in this historical novel that sweeps through the twelfth century. Thomas Becket appears in this story, but you'll have to read the book to see how his story entwines with others.After reading the Pillars of the Earth, I had to read the sequel World Without End. If you love historical fiction, you've found the mother lode here!
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