Across decades of civil war in twelfth-century England, a master builder, a disgraced monk-turned-prior, and a headstrong noblewoman fight to raise a great Gothic cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, against a scheming bishop and a family bent on ruin.
Books mentioned in The Pillars of the Earth (11)
Elements of Geometry by Euclid: “"I've been reading Euclid." Euclid's Elements of Geometry had been one of the first books translated.”
The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius: “Philip was turning the possibilities over and over in his mind, and looking at but not reading Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy.”
The Song of Roland: “"I know 'The Song of Roland,' and 'The Pilgrimage of William of Orange'—" "What do you mean, you know them?" "I can recite them."”
The Pilgrimage of William of Orange: “"I know 'The Song of Roland,' and 'The Pilgrimage of William of Orange'—" "What do you mean, you know them?" "I can recite them."”
The Romance of Alexander: “One Sunday Aliena read "The Romance of Alexander" to him, just for a change. "It's called 'The Romance of Alexander.' It's the story of a king called Alexander the Great..."”
Poem on Medicine by Avicenna: “They were the classics: Avicenna's Poem on Medicine, Hippocrates' Diet and Hygiene, Galen's On the Parts of Medicine, and De Urinis by Isaac Judaeus.”
On Regimen by Hippocrates: “They were the classics: Avicenna's Poem on Medicine, Hippocrates' Diet and Hygiene, Galen's On the Parts of Medicine, and De Urinis by Isaac Judaeus.”
On the Parts of Medicine by Galen: “They were the classics: Avicenna's Poem on Medicine, Hippocrates' Diet and Hygiene, Galen's On the Parts of Medicine, and De Urinis by Isaac Judaeus.”
De Urinis by Isaac Judaeus: “They were the classics: Avicenna's Poem on Medicine, Hippocrates' Diet and Hygiene, Galen's On the Parts of Medicine, and De Urinis by Isaac Judaeus.”
Domesday Book: “The famous Domesday Book was kept somewhere in this castle, Philip recalled.”
The Rule of St Benedict by Benedict of Nursia: “Three were copying: one the Psalms of David, one Saint Matthew's Gospel, and one the Rule of Saint Benedict.”