WORLD WITHOUT END

Since the publication of The Pillars of the Earth in 1989, millions of Ken Follett readers around the world have been anxiously awaiting this book. The time has finally come. World Without End is set in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the construction of its majestic Gothic temple. The cathedral and the priory are once again at the centre of this wonderful chronicle of love and hate, of ambition and revenge, against the menacing backdrop of the Black Death that wiped out half of the European population.

Intrigue, murder, famine, plague and war. An admirable portrait of the medieval world and an extraordinary story that gives a new dimension to historical fiction.

THE CRITICS' OPINION

“The Pillars of the Earth [...], a first-rate historical novel, the product of the author’s painstaking research, offering us a close-up and more than faithful account of the political and social workings of 12th-century England.” El País

“The building of the cathedrals was one of the great undertakings of the medieval era, a task that required the work of several generations in the service of Christianity. In The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett brilliantly reflects the human ideals and ambitions that emerged around these religious monuments.” Clio

“Fans of The Pillars of the Earth who have been calling for a sequel won’t be disappointed. With all the intrigue and romance of the original, World Without End is well worth the 18-year wait.” New York Daily News

AUTHORS COMMENTS

“Ever since The Pillars of the Earth was published in 1989, readers have been asking me to write a sequel. The book was so popular that I was nervous about trying to repeat its success. But at last, I screwed up my courage and began World Without End.”

“Many of the characters from World Without End are descendants of those of The Pillars of the Earth, and they are confronted with the big crisis of the Black Death, the plague that killed nearly a third of Europe’s population in the 14th century.”

“Cathedrals are a sort of symbol of all the contradictions of the Middle Ages. They are beautiful and they are full of wealth and complexity, yet they were built in an age that we tend to recall for the poverty and ignorance of the people, in comparison with previous eras.”