September 1st, 2010
Review – Pillars of the Earth,Ken Follett
I have read Pillars of the Earth twice and loved it both times. It’s rich and deep and historical and romance and betrayal and about politics and religion and building cathedrals. Who could want for more?
I finished watching the recent miniseries made from the books and I kept saying to myself, I don’t remember that, that’s not right etc. Of course, I hadn’t remembered all of the book, and for some of it, I was right, they had made some changes to shorten it for TV and give it more action.
The story is – well as I said above there’s more than one story here.
The story about building the cathedral is filled with conflict between the local prior and the evil bishop.
The story about the English succession is – well tied into the story with the evil bishop.
The story of faith meets conflict on practicality.
If you are looking for an example of finely crafted complexity this is the best one I know.
10 page turns.
Perry