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O's Quick Guide to The Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett's best-seller The Pillars of the Earth, now a lusty eight-hour miniseries, features these forces of good and evil.
By Jessica Winter
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the August 2010 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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Prior Philip

Prior Philip (Matthew Macfadyen)


Noble monk who prays in a silky baritone. Despite living in filthy, pestilent 12th-century England, has glowing skin and perfect piano-key teeth—a sure sign of divine grace.

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