#1 New York Times BestsellerIn 1989, Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in twelfth-century England centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it affected. World Without End is its equally irresistible sequel—set two hundred years after The Pillars of the Earth and three hundred years after the … of the Earth and three hundred years after the Kingsbridge prequel, The Evening and the Morning.
World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was at the heart of The Pillars of the Earth. The cathedral and the priory are again at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge, but this sequel stands on its own. This time the men and women of an extraordinary cast of characters find themselves at a crossroads of new ideas—about medicine, commerce, architecture, and justice. In a world where proponents of the old ways fiercely battle those with progressive minds, the intrigue and tension quickly reach a boiling point against the devastating backdrop of the greatest natural disaster ever to strike the human race—the Black Death.
Three years in the writing and nearly eighteen years since its predecessor, World Without End is a “well-researched, beautifully detailed portrait of the late Middle Ages” (The Washington Post) that once again shows that Ken Follett is a masterful author writing at the top of his craft.
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Entertaining,, but not as good a Pillars of the Earth.
I enjoy historical fiction. Very realistic and the characters were well developed.
Disappointing
Ken Follett is a genius! If you like historical fiction with a twist of historical facts that tells an intriguing story, than all his books are a “Must Read!”
Love this book, as well as it’s predecessor, Pillars of the Earth.
Second only to Pillars of the Earth.
Ken Follett is one of the best. I have never read one of his books that was disappointing in any way and that certainly applies to World Without End.
Epic novel. Ken Follett at his finest.
Great saga. Couldn’t put it down.
Set in 1300’s England we get so involved in the Bubonic Plague in this book. Sure we all studied the Plague in school and thought how terrible it must have been. Now you can live it and feel it. I never really thought about life with 50% of the population dead or dying. Talk about an apocalyptic event! This was real! The Plague started after 100 years of drought. Now that I never knew. A TV show on Starz based on the book has been announced I can only imagine how bad that will be. Skip the TV show, read the book. Very long but still engrossing all the way through.
It is a well researched historical novel, as well as being very entertaining.
Great read loved every minute.
Love this book and author love pillars of the earth also