Krista C. (kacey14) - reviewed The Pillars of the Earth on 3/25/2009 + 47 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

I'm a history buff and have ready a lot of books about English history. This was an interesting interweaving of mediaeval history and the emerging architecture of grand European cathederals. It kept me interested throughout although I had to skip some passages due to the graphic violence.

I think it was a very fair depiction of the era, and helped me better understand the rivalry between the church and state that eventually lead to Henry VIII's dismantling of the monastic system (and Catholic church in England for that matter) centuries later....

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