But just as Edgar, the boat builder/building maker does, this book builds a foundation upon which Pillars of the Earth was created. It has that pastoral, everyday life feel that I came to love so much in The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. There is something to be said for this, while also penning massive tomes to get as much information shared as possible.

After Wynstan escapes punishment, Aldred is sent away from Shiring to run the minster at Dreng's Ferry. The length was somewhat prohibitive for me as I am a slow reader, but I chose a time when I could give it the hours it required, and I’m not sorry I did. But the particulars can be so very different, and in 'The Evening and the Morning', Follett excavates a period of history even lesser-known than the Anarchy which formed the backdrop of 'Pillars of the Earth': that of pre-Norman England.Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Shortly after I started, one of the first things that caught my attention was the extent to which everything was described, even in conversations between characters. Or to put it another way, the central character of the Kingsbridge series is Kingsbridge, Follett’s fictional English town. Don’t be intimidated by its size (913 pages) because the flow is so good that you will not even notice the time passing.

A young Norman noblewoman named Ragna travels to England to marry Aelderman Wilwulf of Shiring only to find she is his second wife. Para além desta parte amorosa, a parte histórica está muito bem construída, foi possível navegar na história e ver como eram as coisas naquele tempo.I received a copy of this book from Penguin Publishing Group and Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. Kirkus Reviews described this book as long and predictable, but acknowledged, "Follett is a powerful storyteller who will hold [the reader's] attention anyway. The king tells the monks to build a new bridge, which will be "the king's bridge" and under his protection. Not much was written down, there were few pictures, and nearly all buildings were made of wood that rotted away a thousand years ago or more.