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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.

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

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
Cooked monks , lusty nuns , rebellious peasants , the Black Death and heroic builders. 45 hours wasn’t long enough ! Ken Follet is a wonderful storyteller and John Lee’s narration is spell binding.

Excellent follow up

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Excellent read. Heavy at times but keeps one fully involved. Some factual sections in regard to building specs were a little tediois but at the same time. interesting. The health sections, ie the plague, were very relevant to today.
It was very long, but I totally loved it.

Historical fiction

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I am loving this series. Really well written and told. Can't wait to read the next book 😊

Loved it

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Looked forward to listening each day. Great narrator and enjoyed the story. Will carry on with the series.

Wonderful

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I found this book hard to put down even though I found some characters particularly frustrating. I will definitely listen again.

Very readable

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