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The Pillars of the Earth Condition:Well Read Imprisoned in a Japanese concentrationIn a time of civil war, famine and religious strife, there rises a magnificent cathedral in Kingsbridge. Against this backdrop, lives entwine: Tom, the master builder, Aliena, the noblewoman, Philip, the prior of Kingsbridge, Jack, the artist in stone and Ellen, the woman from the forest who casts a curse. At once, this is a sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age.