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Myself, I've seen enough to not go and venture into Kingsbridge (or Follett's formulaic writing) ever again! These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.Whatever their origin, young slaves were often prostituted, and the punishment for abusing them was mild. After an argument, Wigelm takes their son away from Ragna and gives him to his girlfriend and his mother to raise.

It certainly took me out of my comfort zone but I loved escaping back to the dark ages with this one every evening after work. The Evening and the Morning is the fourth novel in Ken Follett's sweeping Kingsbridge series set in medieval Britain, a series which started life thirty years ago with the bestselling The Pillars of the Earth. The main characters were Edgar, who was a boatbuilder and was MacGyver-like in being able to put together a plan quickly and make something work from nothing; and Ragna, a Norman noblewoman, who comes to England when she marries an English earl, and is very smart and courageous. As in 'Pillars' and 'World', I read feeling assured that the virtuous and the wicked would both receive their due recompense in the end, but nonetheless tugged along by the need to follow the stream of injustices and triumphs.

This is an excellent epic novel that begins in 997 CE, set in the fictional township of Dreng’s Ferry before it becomes Kingsbridge. But as the story progresses, you see the shape of what we will know as Kingsbridge, as well as other landmarks in neighboring towns.