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World Without End

A Kingsbridge Novel

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World Without End

By: Ken Follett
Narrated by: John Lee
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The historical saga that has enthralled millions of readers, Ken Follett's Kingsbridge series continues continue with World Without End.

Read by the inimitable John Lee

On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed.

As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war. One boy will travel the world but come home in the end; the other will be a powerful, corrupt nobleman. One girl will defy the might of the medieval church; the other will pursue an impossible love. And always they will live under the long shadow of the unexplained killing they witnessed on that fateful childhood day.

Ken Follett’s masterful epic The Pillars of the Earth enchanted millions of readers with its compelling drama of war, passion and family conflict set around the building of a cathedral. World Without End takes readers to medieval Kingsbridge two centuries later, as the men, women and children of the city once again grapple with the devastating sweep of historical change.

World Without End is followed by the third of Ken Follett's Kingsbridge novels, A Column of Fire.

Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Medieval Suspense Thriller & Suspense Romance Exciting Middle Ages War
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Critic reviews

You won't be able to put it down
Follett’s storytelling skills keep you compulsively turning the pages to the satisfactory ending of good triumphant over evil (Daily Mail)
Sweeping and yet detailed, a powerful story packed with superbly drawn characters and which evokes the period that saw the devastating black death
All stars
Most relevant
A really enjoyable book, made even more superb by John Lee's fabulous engaging and faultless reading - brilliant!

Great Book - Beautifully narrated

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I was really looking forward to this book, but I was disappointed. The storyline is sound, but not well structured; it is told in parts that are either too long or too short. The characters are well developed, but this is no surprise as they are directly borrowed from 'Pillars', but disappointing nonetheless. This may be no surprise as they are all descended from the protagonists of Kingsbridge & Shiring two centuries earlier. The balancing of the plot was out of kilter, which is particularly evident at the end; all the plots and subplots are all taken to their end in far fewer pages than they deserved. The main story is based around a letter buried in the forest at the beginning of the book, but it is forgotten about until near the end, and the denoument, when we readers found out the contents of the letter and thus the main thrust of the book, was almost at the end and thus rendered almost meaningless and a huge let-down. All this said, it is a wothwhile read for those with patience and a stomach for the brutality of 14th century England.

Book Without End

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I was transported into a whole new world. I really cared about the characters. It was totally absorbing

Spellbinding Read

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Can’t remember a tale which has engrossed me to such an extent, as with Pillars, found myself (listening whilst driving) disappointed when traffic jams opened up and sub consciously taking long cuts to get home,. I’m sure my wife thinks I’m having a mid life crisis, sitting on the drive for 20 minutes after I return home. All in all, an awesome listen.

Total Immersion

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Story intriguing, narrator perfect. This book is one of four all wonderful. What more can I say?

Absolutely brilliant in every respect...wow!!!

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