Ken Follett

In the town of Kingsbridge during the middle of the twelfth century, the lives of those who are working to build the most amazing Gothic cathedral in the world become entwined through their ambitions, loves, and tribulations. At once, this is a sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age.

Based on a true story, an attempt to rescue two American business executives held captive in the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran is launched in spite of being closely watched by the Ayatollah and an angry mob.