World Without End
The Kingsbridge Novels (abridged), Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Richard E. Grant
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By:
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Ken Follett
About this listen
Abridged edition, read by Richard E Grant (Withnail and I, Persuasion)
The historical saga that has enthralled millions of fans, Ken Follett's Kingsbridge series continues with World Without End.
On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed.
As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war. One boy will travel the world but come home in the end; the other will be a powerful, corrupt nobleman. One girl will defy the might of the medieval church; the other will pursue an impossible love. And always they will live under the long shadow of the unexplained killing they witnessed on that fateful childhood day.
Ken Follett’s masterful epic The Pillars of the Earth enchanted millions of readers with its compelling drama of war, passion and family conflict set around the building of a cathedral. World Without End takes readers to medieval Kingsbridge two centuries later, as the men, women and children of the city once again grapple with the devastating sweep of historical change.
World Without End is followed by the third of Ken Follett's Kingsbridge novels, A Column of Fire.
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Critic reviews
"Fans of Follett's previous medieval epic will be well rewarded." (Publishers Weekly)
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Sylvia
- 05-03-08
History to Life
I believe that although this was a very exciting read, it did more for me as regards history than anything else. Yes obviously fiction, but the detail of both the building methods employed, and the solutions when things failed, and the development of medical knowledge as the plague struck (the successful methods being developed by women not going unnoticed!); also the corrupt life led by the priory and the kings men etc etc. Not much changes - oops!
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- Mr. T. SWAIN
- 11-03-22
Gripping
Really good and compulsive reading. A stunning insight into monastery life, religious politics, treachery, lust, betrayal, ambition, violence, sex, ,,,and the development of the guilds and the late medieval town on top
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- Dr
- 02-04-08
A good listen
Really good story and kept me entertained on long car journeys. well read and worth a listen.
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- Thomas Hutchinson
- 22-09-17
Monotonous
It feels as if ken used scraps from his last book and escalated them into a different storyline, the first few chapters were very monotonous, the story doesn't really engage until halfway through the book, it feels as if he was writing automatically and had no real care for the characters until he got into the swing of the storyline, worth a read but not as enthralling as its predecessor
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- Dr. Martin TN Knight
- 15-09-19
The saga deepens
This series is a real must taking one through several dynasties with accuracy . History and strategies laid out. It really is a trilogy to consume . KF you have given me hours of pleasure. Wow the labour and creativity that has gone into these books. Thank you for transporting me to the middle ages
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- Artturi
- 17-01-25
great narrator, great story.
great narrator, great story.
great chronicle.
it is a food idea to learn history while entertaining yourself with captivating story.
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- Orla
- 25-06-18
beautifully written, beautifully read
I thoroughly enjoyed this sequel to the Pillars of the Earth. It stands alone as well so you don't have to read the first book to enjoy this (although I'd definitely recommend it).
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- Richard
- 12-03-25
Triumph over adversity...
Liked the way that certain events were incorporated into the story, it doesn't matter that the events didn't take place at Kings bridge just that they happened
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- C. S. Covil
- 09-07-08
Dull and boring
This was a real plod yes fine if you like your fiction to be about bridge building but the characters were shallow and the motive for reading well hidden in a tedious waffle where it is hard to identify a real story.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-01-23
very well produced and read, but far too abridged.
very well produced and read, but far too abridged. many key aspects left out and this us a bug bare of mine.
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