1 New York Times BestsellerIn 1989, Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in twelfth-century England centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it affected. Critics were overwhelmed-'it will hold you, fascinate you, surround you' (Chicago Tribune)-and readers everywhere hoped for a sequel. Look out for the next book in this series, A Column of Fire, available September 2017.World Without End takes place