Book Recommendations Part 2
In my previous post I recommended three books that I had recently re-read for the first time in a while. Now in this post I will be recommending two books that I had read for the first time just a couple of weeks ago.
The books are from author Ken Follett. These are the first books I have read by him and I must say he is an excellent writing as well as story-teller. The books I'm referring to are The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. In both of these books Follett vividly captures the essence of life in the Medieval time period of England. While reading his books you can actually relate to some of the struggles that the characters are facing and you feel as if you are in the story yourself. These two books go as follows:
In 12th-century England, the building of a mighty Gothic cathedral signals the dawn of a new age. This majestic creation will bond clergy and kings, knights and peasants together in a story of toil, faith, ambition and rivalry. A sweeping tale of the turbulent middle ages, The Pillars of the Earth is a masterpiece from one of the world's most popular authors.
An enjoyable historic thriller, well told. A mystifying puzzle involving the execution of an innocent man, the erection of a magnificent cathedral, romance, rivalry, murder, arson, lust, and love. Set in 1135 England.
Tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known... of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect - a man divided in his soul...of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame...and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state and brother against brother.
World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was at the heart of The Pillars of the Earth. The cathedral and the priory are again at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge, but this sequel stands on its own. This time the men and women of an extraordinary cast of characters find themselves at a crossroad of new ideas— about medicine, commerce, architecture, and justice. In a world where proponents of the old ways fiercely battle those with progressive minds, the intrigue and tension quickly reach a boiling point against the devastating backdrop of the greatest natural disaster ever to strike the human race—the Black Death.
Like I said at the end of my previous post. If you have the time to read these books, definitely do. They are well worth it.
Cheers