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by: Ken Follett  List Price: $59.95 Amazon.com's Price: $37.77 You Save: $22.18 (37%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9780143142355 Edition: Unabridged Format: Audiobook ISBN: 0143142356 Label: Penguin Audio Manufacturer: Penguin Audio Number Of Items: 36 Number Of Pages: 1 Publication Date: October 09, 2007 Publisher: Penguin Audio Studio: Penguin Audio Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Ken Follett has 90 million readers worldwide. The Pillars of the Earth is his bestselling book of all time. Now, eighteen years after the publication of The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett has written the most-anticipated sequel of the year, World Without End. In 1989 Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in twelfth-century England centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it affected. Critics were overwhelmed--"it will hold you, fascinate you, surround you" (Chicago Tribune)--and readers everywhere hoped for a sequel. World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was at the heart of The Pillars of the Earth. The cathedral and the priory are again at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge, but this sequel stands on its own. This time the men and women of an extraordinary cast of characters find themselves at a crossroad of new ideas--about medicine, commerce, architecture, and justice. In a world where proponents of the old ways fiercely battle those with progressive minds, the intrigue and tension quickly reach a boiling point against the devastating backdrop of the greatest natural disaster ever to strike the human race--the Black Death. Three years in the writing, and nearly eighteen years since its predecessor, World Without End breathes new life into the epic historical novel and once again shows that Ken Follett is a masterful author writing at the top of his craft. Questions for Ken Follett Average Rating:
 Rating:  - EPIC ENTERTAINMENT! There is nothing I like more then finding a book I can really sink my teeth into. I love it when a book is so good I find myself thinking about it when I'm not reading it. I love when a book is an easy read not because the content is frivalous, but the writing is fluid and well paced. I love books that have epic story lines and diverse characters. I love historical fiction that is well researched but not "preachy". As a relatively slow reader, I love being able to read 100+ pages in one go without ... Read More Rating: - Great sequel, unlike any otherEven though the characters are different, set later in time, you're able to get right back in the story like its prequel. I was initially disappointed that the story didn't pick up where it left off, but once I got into it, it was so much better! Again, the architectural details and Follett's ability to really "put you in the story" is the best part. Rating: - Wonderful stand-alone sequel!An amazingly real biography of a time so far away! This story will envelop you to the very end! Although it ties in with Pillars of the Earth, it functions brilliantly as a novel in its own right. Own it, Read it, LOVE IT! Rating: - world without endone of the very best novels i have read. the central themes of english life in the 14th century: farming: the serfs and nobles: the church and royalty: building cathedrals and bridges: men and women relationships ............are superbly told Rating: - Fabulous BookI just finished World Without End and I'm now mourning it. I'm so sad that it's over. I savored every page of that book...couldn't wait to crawl in bed at night and devour every page. I think I liked it even better than Pillars of the Earth and I loved that book. I crave a sequel desperately. 
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Amazon.com: What a phenomenon The Pillars of the Earth has become. It was a bestseller when it was published in 1989, but it's only gained in popularity since then--it's the kind of book that people are incredibly passionate about. What has it been like to see it grow an audience like that? 
