I’d put this book right there with Gone with the Wind in being an “epic” novel that draws you in for the long historic ride.
Having read a couple of Ken Follet’s mystery / action novels some years back I was very pleased with what he has accomplished in this fantastic work of historical fiction.
There is no doubt that I’m going to make it a point real soon to get the follow up novel “World Without End”
My good friend Froscio gave me this book and I neglected to get started on it simply because of it’s size! I wasn’t ready to get into a 1000 page book, but once I started it was smooth sailing.
I have to say that I love books like this, the books where you find yourself getting to the last hundred pages or so and you want to slow down because you don’t want it to end.
Not since John Jakes and his Kent Family Chronicles have I been more pleased with some great historical fiction.
8 out of 10 stars.
JM
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