{"product_id":"9780451224996","title":"World Without End","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1989, Ken Follett astonished the literary world with \u003ci\u003eThe Pillars of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, a sweeping epic novel set in twelfth-century England centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it affected. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorld Without End \u003c\/i\u003eis its equally irresistible sequel—set two hundred years after \u003ci\u003eThe Pillars of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and three hundred years after the Kingsbridge prequel, \u003ci\u003eThe Evening and the Morning\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorld Without End\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Pillars of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 crossroads 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree years in the writing and nearly eighteen years since its predecessor, \u003ci\u003eWorld Without End\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"well-researched, beautifully detailed portrait of the late Middle Ages\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) that once again shows that Ken Follett is a masterful author writing at the top of his craft.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ken Follett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46044742713532,"sku":"9780451224996","price":34.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_58a922e3-b7fb-41a4-963c-41163b8f0f5d.jpg?v=1773251196","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9780451224996","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}