#the pillars of the earth

[birbwell]

the new earl

[earlgodwin]

"One of the first things Oprah Winfrey said to me when she rang to let me know she had read the book and was going to name it as one of her book club selections, was how much she loathed [William Hamleigh] . She’s not the only one. When I travel, I often meet readers who say “…that William Hamleigh” ...William is Percy and Regan’s strikingly handsome yet brutish son. He is his mother’s pawn in her master plan to gain power and wealth for her family. William is the embodiment of pure evil. His obsession with the Earl of Shiring’s daughter, Aliena, becomes the driving force in his life. The young British actor David Oakes plays William. He is one of the nicest young actors I’ve met, always smiling, so easy-going, yet finds within himself the ability to totally convince us that this is a man with absolutely no redeeming characteristics, a person beyond all civilized hope but one who might actually succeed in achieving his goals. It’s one thing to write these characters. But it’s an extraordinary experience to see them become real in the hands of such wonderfully skilled actors." — Ken Follett

[atwellfilm]

HAYLEY ATWELL at the 68th Annual GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

She was up for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series" for her role as Aliena in The Pillars of the Earth.

[sappho-ilmarinen]

(by celtic monks I specifically mean Philip and Cellach)

[theofficialastronomy101]

Eagle nebula / M16 / Pillars of creation in HOO

[xenagabrielleforever]

[perioddramasource]

ALISON PILL as EMPRESS MAUD 

The Pillars of the Earth (2010)

[kiersau]

Highly recommend The Pillars of the Earth! It’s a visual novel centered around a cathedral in 1100s England and the story and art are both beautiful.

Available for PC but also currently on sale for Switch!

[iamalivenow]

i know about pentiment i know about misericorde i know about the pillars of the earth. give me more nun priest medieval games i want more nun priest medieval games

[gooseberrily]

@birbwell can't believe you missed the best line of dialogue in the entire game !

[oldshrewsburyian]

I know this is out of the blue, but seeing you are fan of the Cadfael novels, I had to say this. Reading Cadfael chronicles after reading Name of the Rose and PIllars of the Earth REALLY made me glad how much the novels focus on regular life in Shrewsbury and aren't so obsessed with nobles while treating those lower as unwashed masses. There is a sense of normalcy in the books I wish more medieval fiction had.

Hello! I'm intrigued by the ask (and I always enjoy discussing the Cadfael books) but I'm a bit puzzled by the implied juxtaposition. For one thing, The Name of the Rose obviously isn't about nobles; it's about a monastery, and the intellectual debates therein. So the men in the book are in a minority because of their education and their vocation, but statistically, most of them are from peasant backgrounds. And personally, I've never read Eco as sharing Adso's confused condescension to the nameless girl (oh, Adso.)

Also, The Pillars of the Earth... while I have no absence of quibbles with it, at least it does have a socially diverse and interesting cast. One of them is an odd hermit woman (truly why authors decide that pagan hermits were everywhere in the 12th century based on Vibes is a mystery to me) but at least there are urban tradespeople and peasants and monks galore. There are also some Scheming Nobles™, but much of the time, what they're scheming about is a dispute over quarry rights with the nearby monastery! Which is actually pretty representative! Also the wool trade exists!

So: yes, more medieval slice-of-life historical fiction forever, and I agree that the Cadfael novels are a charming example of this, but... I think the other books you've mentioned also come a lot closer to this than many others.

[birbwell]

the bishop and the knight

[earlgodwin]

— Happy 40th Birthday DAVID OAKES ↴

"One thing that I think is nice to do is to work out a character that you can make the audience warm to. So, I think all of them, whether it's Juan in The Borgias or even William Hamleigh in The Pillars Of The Earth, the people you're supposed to hate because they do heinous things, but you might get an idea of why they do what they do. I think it's nice to find the human in the heinous." (✦)

[atwellfilm]

THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH

《 Ep08 x S01 》

[gaelicfiddle]

I think I can hear him out there

Philip holding Milius' body in the aftermath of William Hamleigh's attack at the Kingsbridge fair.

(Inspired by the painting "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581 " by Ilya Repin)

[recycledmoviecostumes]

This costume was first spotted in The Pillars of the Earth on Sarah Parish as Regan Hamleigh. It was seen again in The Hollow Crown’s second season production of Richard III, where it was worn by Phoebe Fox as Anne. A band of lace was added around the collar, in addition to a fur hood in The Hollow Crown.

Costume Credit: Lucia

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