Original black, red, or blue boards, spines lettered in gilt or black, map or pictorial endpapers, A Column of Fire with black silk bookmarker. Bill Sheehan, "Ken Follett's 'Pillars of the Earth' prequel is just as transporting - and lengthy - as his famous epic", Washington Post, 21 Sept. In 2020 Ken Follett released its prequel, The Evening and the Morning, not included here. The Pillars of the Earth is the export issue, with no price printed within the black rectangle on the jacket's front flap. Follett presents his worlds in granular detail, but the narratives never stand still" (Sheehan). Perhaps the key to Follett's success is the way in which his gifts as a thriller writer have merged so seamlessly with the larger demands of historical fiction. These historical novels present "as comprehensive an account of the building of a civilization - with its laws, structures, customs and beliefs - as you are likely to encounter anywhere in popular fiction. Follett has dated his inscription in A Column of Fire "21 Sept 17", being nine days following publication on the 12th.
Sale! Girl, Woman, Other R240.00 R219.00 ADD TO CART.Thirty years ago we were introduced to Kingsbridge in The Pillars of the Earth, and now in this masterful prequel international bestseller Ken Follett will take us on a journey into a rich past, which will end where his masterpiece begins. Now, with England at the dawn of the Middle Ages, these three people will each come into dangerous conflict with a ruthless bishop, who will do anything to increase his wealth and power, in an epic tale of ambition and rivalry, death and birth, and love and hate. Into this uncertain world three people come to the fore: a young boatbuilder, who dreams of a better future when a devastating Viking raid shatters the life that he and the woman he loves hoped for a Norman noblewoman, who follows her beloved husband across the sea to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey, who dreams of transforming his humble abbey into a centre of learning admired throughout Europe.
With his grip on the country fragile and with no clear rule of law, chaos and bloodshed reign. Life is hard, and those with power wield it harshly, bending justice according to their will – often in conflict with the king. It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages, and England faces attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. From the bestselling author Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning is a historical epic that will end where The Pillars of the Earth begins.
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