What a wonderful book! I highly recommend it.

posted Dec 30, 2007 at 1:05AM

As in Pillars of the Earth, to which WWE is the sequel, the city of Kingsbridge is brought to life with colorful, boisterous, endearing and occasionally excruciating detail. The story begins approximately 200 years after PotE. At 1,000 pages, it’s a hefty tome to lug around, but it’s a relatively quick and absorbing read.

In several ways WWE was almost like reading the first book over again. The protagonists’ and antagonists’ names have changed, but at times I felt, mildly disappointedly, that I’d read it all before. Still highly recommended as Follett’s prose is breathtaking as usual, but make sure you read PotE first.

posted Jul 7, 2008 at 9:15PM

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