World Without End
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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 crossroads 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.
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4 primary books5 released booksKingsbridge
Kingsbridge is a 5-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1800 with contributions by Ken Follett.
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Unfortunately, I did not finish this book. While the story was good, I quit listening (Audible) because I could tell it was going to be a book full of more tragedy without justice than I can stand. It may be realistic, but it's not enjoyable to me. I was a third of the way though at 15 hrs. into the 45 hr. audiobook (Ch. 29 of 91) so I felt like I gave it a pretty good chance. I was hopeful that I was prepared for what to expect (after reading the first in the series) and could enjoy the great story. But I had enough. I'll possibly come back to it sometime in the future, but for now, I can find more enjoyable reads that are worth my time.
(This assumption was based on comparisons to the first book in the series which I couldn't decide if I loved or hated for the same reasons.)
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An especially good read for 2020, given the parallels between the events of the book / the era in which it's set, and recent events, showing how similar we were to our ancestors of ~700 years ago. It follows the same template as others in this series, but with enough difference in the details to keep it enjoyable.
