| KENFOLLETT | Author of the historical novel The Pillars of the Earth |
| READE | Charles, English author of the historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth (5) |
| PUSHKIN | Alexander --, author of the historical novel 'The Captain's Daughter' (7) |
| PLAIDY | Jean ___, author of the historical novels The Reluctant Queen and Murder Most Royal (6) |
| FOLLETT | Ken -; author of the Kingsbridge series of novels including The Pillars of the Earth,World Without End and The Evening and the Morning (7) |
| KEN | The Pillars of the Earth author Follett |
| BATHURST | Star of TV dramas The Pillars of the Earth and Downton Abbey, Robert -------- (8) |
| REDMAYNE | Men ready to move with Eddie, star of C4 epic The Pillars of the Earth (8) |
| UNSWORTH | Barry --, author of the historical novel 'Sacred Hunger' (8) |
| ELIOT | George, author of the historical novel Romola (5) |
| SCOTT | Sir Walter ___; author of the historical novels Ivanhoe, Rob Roy and Waverley (5) |
| ANYASETON | Author of the historical novels "Dragonwyck" and "Katherine" |
| COLUMNAEATRII | The pillars of the hall, holding up the roof around the impluvium |
| COLUMN | One of the pillars of the press? (6) |
| ECO | Italian author of the historical murder mystery, The Name Of The Rose, Umberto ... |
| ATLAS | Titan who held up the pillars of the universe (5) |
| EARTH | The Pillars of the __, by Ken Follett (5) |
| MARKTWAIN | Pseudonym of the US author of the 1881 historical novel The Prince and the Pauper (4,5) |
| UMBERTO | _ Eco, author of the 1980 historical novel The Name of the Rose (7) |
| WOUK | Herman ___ author of the historical fiction The Caine Mutiny |
