Use this guide to help enhance and focus your reading of The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.

Kingsbridge is a small priory with big dreams in Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth. Get to know the characters with this interactive family tree.

Discuss these questions from Part 2 of The Pillars of the Earth with your book club.

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