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Il prequel de "I pilastri della terra". 17 giugno 997. Non è ancora l'alba quando a Combe, sulla costa sudoccidentale dell'Inghilterra, il giovane costruttore di barche Edgar si prepara con trepidazione a fuggire di nascosto con la donna che ama. Ma i suoi piani vengono spazzati via in un attimo da una feroce incursione dei vichinghi, che mettono a ferro e fuoco la sua cittadina, distruggendo ogni cosa e uccidendo chiunque capiti loro a tiro. Edgar sarà costretto a partire con la sua famiglia per ricominciare tutto da capo nel piccolo e desolato villaggio di Dreng's Ferry. Dall'altra parte della Manica, in terra normanna, la giovane contessa Ragna, indipendente e fiera, si innamora perdutamente del nobile inglese Wilwulf e decide impulsivamente di sposarlo e seguirlo nella sua terra, contro il parere di suo padre, il conte Hubert di Cherbourg. Si accorgerà presto che lo stile di vita al quale era abituata in Normandia è ben diverso da quello degli inglesi, la cui società arretrata vive sotto continue minacce di violenza e dove Ragna si ritroverà al centro di una brutale lotta per il potere. In questo contesto, il sogno di Aldred, un monaco colto e idealista, di trasformare la sua umile abbazia in un centro di erudizione e insegnamento entra in aperto conflitto con le mire di Wynstan, un vescovo abile e spietato pronto a tutto pur di aumentare le sue ricchezze e il suo potere. Le vite di questi quattro personaggi si intersecano, in un succedersi di continui colpi di scena, negli anni più bui e turbolenti del Medioevo che termina dove "I pilastri della terra" hanno inizio.
- ISBN: 8804722126
- Casa Editrice: Mondadori
- Pagine: 792
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It's 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages in England and one man is attempting to make his Abby a center of learning while others are fighting/manipulating/using corruption for Control. Who you marry is hardly ever a choice but an arrangement, there are power plays, wars, corruption and greed. There is
It took a while to be pulled into this story, but once I was - I was in for the over 900 pages ! The novel follows the stories of three main characters and how their lives cross, and there’s a slew of other characters in England from 997 CE to 1007. This was a chaotic time filled with violence and p Leggi tutto
Escapism from the first page............Just what the doctor ordered and perfect October reading. A vivid, absorbing and dark historical fiction tale of good versus evil, love and hate and a time when corruption and injustice was the norm. An unputdownable saga and yet horrifying in places. It cert
I wasn't sure if I was going to review this book because, honestly, I feel pretty ambivalent towards it. I liked The Evening and the Morning more than A Column of Fire , but still quite a lot less than the previous two books. I agree with the reviews that say this has a closer feel to the first two b Leggi tutto
4.5 stars raised to 5 for its entertainment and enjoyment value. At first glance, the book seems formidable with 928 pages. Once I started it moved swiftly with scarcely a dull moment. It begins in the year 997 when the Dark Ages are drawing to a close and the start of what we refer to as Medieval
I am officially in a book coma now... after reading all 3 previous books in the Kingsbridge series, was there any chance I'd miss the newest one, the prequel, entitled The Evening and the Morning? Nope... it was gonna happen as soon as possible. NetGalley declined me. I waited until the library had
Quite interesting prequel, long but worth the time it takes. I guess it was my first HF on the times before Hastings, so I award the fourth star for the historical backgound. The story of Kingsbridge begin seventy years before the Norman invasion, and the relations with the Normans, differences in la Leggi tutto
This is an excellent epic novel that begins in 997 CE, set in the fictional township of Dreng’s Ferry before it becomes Kingsbridge. Although some scholars, believing the height of human civilization was the Greek and Roman Empires, call this the Dark Ages, there are others who believe it wasn’t so Leggi tutto
Such a disappointment. It’s Follett’s usual intermingling of characters’ stories but it fails to engage. The characters lacked depth and the plots lacked momentum. Overall, this is just lacking.
I have so enjoyed Mr Follett's Pillars of the Earth series so to be able to read the prequel to that trilogy was something I so wanted to do. The story blends many characters both sinister and well intentioned into the village that would one day be Knightsbridge. The story takes us through the interw Leggi tutto
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