A Column of Fire - Ken Follett

International bestselling author Ken Follett has enthralled millions of readers with The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, two stories of the Middle Ages set in the fictional city of Kingsbridge. The saga now continues with Follett's magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. Young Will Willard is coming home to Kingsbridge at Christmas as A Column of Fire opens. The ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn by religious hatred. High principles clash bloodily with friendship, loyalty and love. When Elizabeth Tudor becomes queen, all of Europe turns against England. Waiting in Paris is the alluring, headstrong Mary Queen of Scots, part of a brutally ambitious French family. Proclaimed the rightful ruler of England, she has her own supporters scheming to get rid of Elizabeth. The true battle pitches those who believe in tolerance and compromise against the tyrants who would impose their ideas on everyone else.