#1 New York Times Bestseller An Amazon Best Book of 2020 The thrilling and addictive prequel to The Pillars of the Earth --set in England at the dawn of a new era: the Middle Ages Just as transporting as [ The Pillars of the Earth ] .
Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and two Labradors..
Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife, Barbara.
Its sequels, World Without End and A Column of Fire, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold more than forty million copies worldwide.
It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah\'s Book Club pick.
In 1989, The Pillars of the Earth was published and has since become Follett\'s most popular novel.
Follett\'s first bestseller was Eye of the Needle , a spy story set in the Second World War.
About author(s): Ken Follett is one of the world\'s best-loved authors, selling more than 170 million copies of his thirty-two books.
Now, Follett\'s masterful new prequel The Evening and the Morning 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.
Thirty years ago, Ken Follett published his most popular novel, The Pillars of the Earth.
And each in turn comes into dangerous conflict with a clever and ruthless bishop who will do anything to increase his wealth and power.
A monk dreams of transforming his humble abbey into a center of learning that will be admired throughout Europe. . . .
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 it soon becomes clear to her that a single misstep could be catastrophic. . . .
A young boatbuilder\'s life is turned upside down when his home 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.
In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined.
Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns.
Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king.
England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. -- The Washington Post It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages.
A most welcome addition to the Kingsbridge series. . . #1 New York Times Bestseller An Amazon Best Book of 2020 The thrilling and addictive prequel to The Pillars of the Earth --set in England at the dawn of a new era: the Middle Ages Just as transporting as [ The Pillars of the Earth ]
