Ken Follett's third novel in the Kingsbridge series, <i>A Column of Fire</i>, returns to the setting and story that began, and continued, in the multi-million copy bestsellers <i>The Pillars of the Earth</i> and <i>World Without End</i>.<i> </i>Christmas 1558, the world is in turmoil as a new queen takes her throne and one man pledges to protect her life at all costs.
Spellbinding and mesmerizing, Ken Follett's classic masterpiece is beloved throughout the world. In medieval England a resourceful monk strives to build the world's greatest Gothic cathedral.
The thrilling novel from the No.1 Internationally bestselling author Ken Follett. An epic, addictive historical masterpiece that begins in 997 CE and is set against the background of the medieval church and one man's ambition to make his abbey a centre of learning.
Ned Willard wants nothing more than to marry Margery Fitzgerald, but when the lovers find themselves on opposite sides of a violent religious conflict in 1558 England, Ned goes to work for Princess Elizabeth. Over a turbulent half-century the love between the two seems doomed. But the real enemies are not the rival religious, but those who believe in tolerance and those who do not.