Thursday, November 08, 2007

Ken Follett

Ken Follett is a writer that's easy to read. In World Without End his latest
creation, Follett breathes life into 1300s England, France and Vienna,
bringing it to us with all it's politics, conflicts and varying moralities.

Although billed as a sequel to the Pillars of the Earth (1989), World
Without End stands on it's own merits. Follett's attention to details,
even of the smallest kind, breathes life into each character from peasant,
knight, lady or bishop.

The main setting of both books is the town, cathedral and priory of
Kingsbridge England with some events occurring in local villages,
France during war time, and Vienna during the plague.

The story centers upon a man torn between the love of his life and his love
of architecture, a woman torn between the man and her desire to step out
of the expected mold for women to improve the science of medicine without
being cast as a witch, and a woman simply trying to stay alive and protect
those she loves.

All are emeshed within a swirling kaleidoscope of political intrigue, the fears
and reality of the plague, human kindness, ignorance and brutality.
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