![]() World Without End is followed by the third of Ken Follett's Kingsbridge novels, A Column of Fire. 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. ![]() 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. And always they will live under the long shadow of the unexplained killing they witnessed on that fateful childhood day. ![]() One girl will defy the might of the medieval church the other will pursue an impossible love. ![]() One boy will travel the world but come home in the end the other will be a powerful, corrupt nobleman. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war. In the forest they see two men killed.Īs adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. The historical saga that has enthralled millions of fans, Ken Follett's Kingsbridge series continues with World Without End. ![]()
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