June 2009 Selection

In a time of civil war, famine and religious strife, there rises a magnificent Cathedral in Kingsbridge.  The Pillars of the Earth is the story of the people who orchestrated the building of England’s Knightsbridge Cathedral. Flanked by divine inspiration and greed, the forces for and against the building of a cathedral at Knightsbridge are the buttresses of this book.

A spellbinding epic set in twelfth-century England, The 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 architect-a man divided in his soul... of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame... of Ellen, the woman from the forest who casts a curse... and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother.

Against this backdrop, lives entwine in this sensuous and enduring love story and epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age.

This book was selected by Della for the Romantic Reads Genre.  

The Book Snobs Gathering
The Gathering featured delicious King Ranch Chicken and, as usual, lively discussion. The Snobs agreed that although this was a challenging read because of it's length, it was a great book.