The Evening and the Morning: The Prequel to The Pillars of the Earth, A Kingsbridge Novel

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Ragna has been raised with leadership skills, her noble father letting her sit as justice in the village courts over which he reigned. The characters and their stories are compelling, and the lens of history fascinating, so the book easily stands on its own.

A fabulous escape for me, all leading up to how Dreng’s Ferry became the Kingsbridge that we come know in The Pillars of the Earth. You wouldn’t be far off if you said The Evening in the Morning is essentially The Pillars of the Earth with a different cover. Set at the end of the Dark Ages, the story explores the lives of three key characters and how their interactions bring a community together over a period of time.

Follett’s writing is so on point that I could not get enough of the details and the development that occurred with each passing chapter. But just as Edgar, the boat builder/building maker does, this book builds a foundation upon which Pillars of the Earth was created.

But it's a good tale, a fascinating window into a little-revealed period of history, and a worthy read. At the time of the book, he is shown as a middle-aged, experienced king who can use his limited power effectively. Life is hard, and those with power wield it harshly, bending justice according to their will – often in conflict with the king. All, including this one, can be read and enjoyed as standalones, since they are set in different centuries, with characters that are either descendants or ancestors.

Cada escena es un reto, una negociación donde en un primer momento vencen la fuerza bruta, el poder o el abuso, pero que, finalmente, estos resultan derrotados por la astucia y la honradez. We follow the lives of 3 main characters, a Norman/English noblewoman, a shipbuilder/craftsman and an abbot. It certainly took me out of my comfort zone but I loved escaping back to the dark ages with this one every evening after work. However, once the shock lost a bit of its spontaneous strength, he felt an extreme urge to tell Sunni. Ragna is from noble blood and finds herself in the community after she is married to one of the rich men.

Her nobility means little to some, taking it so far as to make her a plaything and leave her to suffer, but Ragna refuses to be defeated. It is a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth and is set around the year 1,000, when Kingsbridge was an Anglo-Saxon settlement threatened by Viking invaders. Thirty years ago we were introduced to Kingsbridge in The Pillars of the Earth, and now in this masterful prequel international bestseller Ken Follett will take us on a journey into a rich past, which will end where his masterpiece begins.Follett captivates as he reshapes the narrative throughout, spinning three stories and trying to bring them together under one proverbial roof. And while there is definitely a limit to how far Follet could go on existing scholarship before taking up some creative liberties, nevertheless at times it definitely felt like I had taken a time machine to early medieval England. Don’t be intimidated by its size (913 pages) because the flow is so good that you will not even notice the time passing. This epic tale of ambition and rivalry is the prequel to Ken Follett's international bestseller The Pillars of the Earth, and the fourth book in his historical fiction series. She learns that she is endangered by her husband's two brothers who are intent on taking or controlling any power and wealth that she might assume through the rights of her marriage.

This time we are looking at the Prequel to his Kingsbridge Cathedral Series, and while it ends about 125 years before Pillars of the Earth begins, he tells a story of how Kingsbridge developed. The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett review; Eleven Lines to Somewhere by Alyson Rudd review" . While the world is slowly developing, there is much going on and societies are emerging with their own unique perspectives. Lady Ragnhild, “with the wonderful red hair”, of a noble Norman family feels fortunate to escape any arranged marriage to someone she doesn’t love, by marrying an Englishman, who she loves and believes loves her.Evil seemed to prevail to a disturbing degree and the back/forth plotting was a bit exhausting by the conclusion. I still have yet to read the third book in the trilogy and reading the prequel has made me want to read it for sure. This is a long saga, one that relates and intermingles the tales of a large number of people while focusing in on three main character. I thought it would take 2 months to get to me on the list, then four days ago, NYPL told me I was next on the list.