World Without End
 

World Without End

by Ken Follett

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.

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Ken Follett’s World Without End provides a wonderful look at English life during the early to mid-fourteenth century. Although this book is considered a sequel to Follett’s Pillars of the Earth, World Without End is in fact set two hundred year after the conclusion of Pillars. The story, however, is once again set in the town of Kingsbridge, with Kingsbridge Cathedral, the building of which was detailed in Pillars of the Earth, serving as a magnificent backdrop. The story follows the lives of...

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  • Brianne

    brianne said:

    I'm loving this book. Am about 1/4 the way through. =) I'm enjoying this book more than I enjoyed the first, but overall, I really liked them both. Real page turner for me.

    posted Tuesday, July 15 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • sharonstone

    sharonstone said:

    I know that Ken Follett is a very good writer; I have read one of his other books, but, for some reason, I tried to read this one twice, and I just couldn't get into it. My husband has read it, and he says it was very good.

    posted Wednesday, June 4 2008
  • Mary S

    mary s said:

    Another outstanding book from Ken Follett. Wonderful!

    posted Friday, May 23 2008
  • Buecherwuermchen

    buecherwuermchen said:

    I just started reading the 3rd part and I do like it so far. I'm anxious to find out how the plot changes for Caris and Merthin. I remember being more emotionally involved at this point in Pillars, but it is gripping anyways. For me it is another "can't-put-down" experience, so far.

    posted Wednesday, May 7 2008
  • jody s

    jody s said:

    I just can't get into this one..violent deaths, structural disasters galore and men constantly wondering what the breasts look like under those tunics...funny, though, liked Pillars much better..granted I'm not done..maybe I'll get into the book soon...

    posted Saturday, April 26 2008
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