The evening and the morning / Ken Follett ; [map artwork by Daren Cook].
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TextSeries: Follett, Ken. Kingsbridge series ; Publisher: London, England : Macmillan, 2020Description: 816 pages ; 25 cmContent type: cartographic image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781447278788; 144727878XSubject(s): 449-1066 | Boatbuilders -- Fiction | Nobility -- Fiction | Monks -- Fiction | Bishops -- Fiction | Middle Ages -- Fiction | Boatbuilders -- England -- Fiction | Women -- England -- Fiction | Monks -- England -- Fiction | Bishops -- England -- Fiction | Vikings -- England -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Fiction | Great Britain | Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Fiction | Kingsbridge (Devon, England) -- FictionGenre/Form: Fiction. | Historical fiction. | History. | Historical fiction | Historical fiction. DDC classification: 823.92 Summary: It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages, and England faces attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Life is hard, and those with power wield it harshly, bending justice according to their will - often in conflict with the monarchy. With the king's grip on the country fragile and with no clear rule of law, chaos and bloodshed reign. Into this uncertain world three people come to the fore: a young boatbuilder, who dreams of a better future when a devastating Viking raid shatters the life that he and the woman he loves hoped for; a Norman noblewoman, who follows her beloved husband across the sea to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey, who dreams of transforming his humble home into a centre of learning admired throughout Europe. Now, with England at the dawn of the Middle Ages, these three people will each come into dangerous conflict with a ruthless bishop, who will do anything to increase his wealth and power, in an epic tale of ambition and rivalry, death and birth, and love and hate.
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"The prequel to The pillars of the Earth"--Title page.
Maps on endpapers.
It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages, and England faces attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Life is hard, and those with power wield it harshly, bending justice according to their will - often in conflict with the monarchy. With the king's grip on the country fragile and with no clear rule of law, chaos and bloodshed reign. Into this uncertain world three people come to the fore: a young boatbuilder, who dreams of a better future when a devastating Viking raid shatters the life that he and the woman he loves hoped for; a Norman noblewoman, who follows her beloved husband across the sea to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey, who dreams of transforming his humble home into a centre of learning admired throughout Europe. Now, with England at the dawn of the Middle Ages, these three people will each come into dangerous conflict with a ruthless bishop, who will do anything to increase his wealth and power, in an epic tale of ambition and rivalry, death and birth, and love and hate.
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