"It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east ... In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined. A young boatbuilder's life is turned upside down when the only home he's ever known is raided by Vikings, forcing him and his family to move and start their lives anew in a small hamlet where he does not fit in. A Norman noblewoman marries for love, following her husband across the sea to a new land. But the customs of her ...
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"It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east ... In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined. A young boatbuilder's life is turned upside down when the only home he's ever known is raided by Vikings, forcing him and his family to move and start their lives anew in a small hamlet where he does not fit in. A Norman noblewoman marries for love, following her husband across the sea to a new land. But the customs of her husband's homeland are shockingly different, and as she begins to realize that everyone around her is engaged in a constant, brutal battle for power, it becomes clear that a single misstep could be catastrophic. A monk dreams of transforming his humble abbey into a center of learning that will be admired throughout Europe. And each in turn comes into dangerous conflict with a clever and ruthless bishop who will do anything to increase his wealth and power ... [This novel] takes us on an epic journey into a historical past rich with ambition and rivalry, death and birth, love and hate, that will end where The Pillars of the Earth begins"--
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This book develops as the "prequel" to the Pillars of the Earth- Follet's magnificent trilogy. We have gone from the Puritan leave-taking for the "New" World backwards in time to Kingsbridge's beginnings in the 900s C.E as a humble ferry crossing owned by a shirttail cousin of the "powers that be" to the beginning of what is known as "The Middle Ages".
Power corrupts and takes everything in its path until faith in G-d and humankind begin to turn things around: to be paid by learning to read; to placate anger with understanding when you can; to stand up for what is right. These are hallmarks of Ken Follett whether as a thriller writer of a historical fiction writer with chutzpah enough to go backwards and strengthen the foundations of this magnificent saga. Highly Recommended 5/5