The only other I heard about was a fraud.

Only read one of other book on that list and it was junk. It wasn't selected for Oprah's book club, which may be a good thing. If you want a better book of the same period, a true masterpiece, read 'Narcissus and Goldman' by Hermann Hesse. I hate putting books down, so maybe a few more chapters. I realize I perhaps have not read enough, but I keep saying to myself 'Oh come on, please!'

And no, it's not a head, shoulders and body, it's a cross.Īnd, again, only in the first 60 pages, it seemed like the daughter, Martha, was more like the Kenny character from the Comedy Central series 'South Park.' I mean, she was almost run down by a war horse and then clubbed by a mutilated thief. Thanks for explaining what a cathedral is. Passages like (loose quote) 'a cathedral is just like a church, but it's where the bishop lives' or 'a cathedral has three parts, a head, shoulders and a body.' Only 60 pages in, but may pass this to the trash heap. And the phrase is Biblical, of course: ‘And the evening and the morning were the first day’.' Sharing more details about the prequel to 'The Pillars of the Earth', Follett said, according to The Bookseller, “The idea for a novel often comes from a question: Why were the cathedrals built? Why did we have the First World War? 'The Evening and the Morning' started with me asking myself what Kingsbridge was like before the cathedral was built.I have to admit, I'm a bit mystified by the hype. Commenting about the title of the book, Follett's statement reads on his official website, 'The story is set at the end of the Dark Ages and the beginning of the Middle Ages, so it’s an evening and a morning. The story revolves around the theme of the origin of a legal system which doesn't serve the chieftains. Medieval times, cathedrals, castles, knights, deception, love, rivalry and intrigue.sounds like an interesting story. The story is set around the year 1000 when England was under attack from Vikings and was later conquered by Normans. Set in medieval England, The Pillars of the Earth is a gripping tale of the passions, intrigue, politics and greed surrounding the construction of a 12th-century cathedral. 'The Evening and the Morning' will be published in the UK by Pan Macmillan. Interestingly, the new novel is a prequel to Follett's 1990 book ' The Pillars of the Earth' and will be released almost 30 years later.

International best-selling author Ken Follett's upcoming novel ' The Evening and the Morning' is set to release on Septemin the US and the UK.

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