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World Without End
I had finished Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth several years ago (and loved it), but hadn't ever listened to this sequel. So many people have raved about this book and especially the great narration of the audiobook, but this book is long - over 45 hours - and between trying to keep up with my various book clubs and sampling a wide variety of books to help me recommend different authors (as well as making a very small dent in the 1001 books to read list), has pushed this book down on my list. But somehow, it ended up on my iPod, I started listening and I couldn't stop. Set 200 years after Pillars of the Earth, the book is about the Kingsbridge Cathedral and the town built around it. The story is filled with a great cast of characters - knights, bishops, priests, nuns, town merchants, serfs, basically everyone who is part of the social structure of this medieval world. There is a wealth of research about life during these times, from medical practices to the intricate balance between the church and town to the horrors of the Plague and 100 Years War. Listening to this book felt like a glimpse of life during the Middle Ages. But more than amazing historic fiction, Ken Follett captures so much of the emotions of life and fills his book with stories of greed, power, love, and compassion. Great fiction!
