In The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett explored the building of the cathedral in Kingsbridge. In World Without End, he picks up the story of Kingsbridge two hundred years later as four children in the forest view a killing. The knight who survives swears them to secrecy, hides a letter, and enters a monastery to become a monk.
As the children grow into adulthood, conflicts between the priory and the nunnery escalate, and the builder’s guild is split, and war erupts between England and France. A travel to Italy teaches one of the youth about life and the black plaque. Upon returning to Kingsbridge, the plaque arrives there, making for a showdown over priests, monks, nuns, landowners, and royalty. And after the knight turned monk dies a world shaking secret is revealed.
An amazing work which draws me in and kept me reading.
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