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Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9780451224996 ISBN: 045122499X Label: NAL Trade Manufacturer: NAL Trade Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1024 Publication Date: October 07, 2008 Publisher: NAL Trade Sales Rank: 138 Studio: NAL Trade Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Ken Follett has 90 million readers worldwide. The Pillars of the Earth is his bestselling book of all time. Now, eighteen years after the publication of The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett has written the most anticipated sequel of the year-World Without End. Unabridged edition read by John Lee Amazon.com Review: Ken Follett has 90 million readers worldwide. The Pillars of the Earth is his bestselling book of all time. Now, eighteen years after the publication of The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett has written the most-anticipated sequel of the year, World Without End. In 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. Critics were overwhelmed--'it will hold you, fascinate you, surround you' (Chicago Tribune)--and readers everywhere hoped for a sequel. 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 crossroad 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 breathes new life into the epic historical novel and once again shows that Ken Follett is a masterful author writing at the top of his craft. Questions for Ken Follett Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENTI read "Pillars of the Earth" during the Summer 1991; its plot and characters bled into my life that summer. I carried them around no matter where I went. I so LOVED this novel. When "World Without End" came out, I was delighted, but decided to wait for the paperback (reading a hardbound book that size in bed is challenging). Anyway, as I nestled into bed during the Christmas holidays, I began the novel with high expectations. Alas, what a disappointment. The writing is humdrum ... Read More Rating:  - great book, didnt want it to endan excellent read. Didn't want it to end and had trouble putting it down. I would definitely recommend reading the Pillars of the Earth first. Rating: - world without end/bookThis is the sequal to Pillars of the Earth. I was looking forward to reading this book. Exciting, interesting and it provided many hours of reading. Learning about history and the making is fun and a good way to pass time. Ken Follett keeps you reading unitl you find you are at the end of the book and still wanting to learn more. Rating: - World Without EndBest Book I have ever read, or the best 2 books I ever read. Follett is an exceptional writer and interpretor of history. We have read almost all of his books. This is our first read on a Kindle. 5's all around. Tom Wald Rating:  - Book without endThis book was long and detailed version of life in the medieval times but some of the language was not correct for the time, nor was the thinking. I think Ken Follett's 21st century personality got in the way of the history. But it was fun to read another one of his books. |
Amazon.com: What a phenomenon The Pillars of the Earth has become. It was a bestseller when it was published in 1989, but it's only gained in popularity since then--it's the kind of book that people are incredibly passionate about. What has it been like to see it grow an audience like that?