How accurate is World Without End?

How accurate is World Without End?

“World Without End” picks up about 100 years later, in 1327, following the death of England’s Edward II. The storyline is for the most part plausible, and the broader historical events (Black Death, start of the Hundred Years’ War, and peasant uprisings) are true to the historical period.

Is World Without End based on a true story?

The plot incorporates two major historical events, the start of the Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death. The author was inspired by real historical events relating to the Cathedral of Santa María in Vitoria-Gasteiz. A television miniseries based on the novel aired worldwide in 2012.

Is World Without End as good as Pillars of the Earth?

World Without End is a worthy follow-up to Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett’s epic tale of medieval cathedral building. World Without End isn’t strictly a sequel, though; the novel still takes place in Kingsbridge, a fictional English city, but the story begins in 1327, 150 years after Pillars of the Earth leaves off.

Is Fall of Giants a movie?

The first book is called Fall of Giants. As of writing this, there is not a Fall of Giants movie, or a The Century Trilogy movie, but there may be one in the future! The second book is called Winter of the World, and it is the best book of the three in my opinion.

In what year did Pillars of the Earth end?

1170
Welsh writer Ken Follett begins his novel The Pillars of the Earth with the sinking of the White Ship in 1120 and ends it with the murder of Thomas Beckett in 1170.

Is there a season 2 of Pillars of the Earth?

Beginning where the first season dramatically left off, Season 2 follows the Roys—media tycoon Logan (Brian Cox) and his four grown children—as they struggle to retain control of their empire amidst internal and external threats.

Is winter of the world by Ken Follett good?

Winter of the World is a very large book but, just like its predecessor Fall of Giants, not a page is too long and every chapter is a pageturning delight. Ken Follett knows arguably better than any writer how to breathe life into a book, largely though its sympathetic and believable characters, both male and female.

Is Follett’s’generation of winter’too broad?

Maybe Follett’s arena – the 20th century and families from Germany, England, Wales, America, and Russia – is just too broad and ambitious, yet I’ve read generational stories that span countries or years that have been done to great success (Aksyonov’s Generations of Winter,John Jakes’ North and South.

Did Follett miss the mark with winter of the world?

So, I decided to pick up Winter of the World (book two in the latest series) because I’m a huge fan of anything historical concerning WWII. And typically, historical fiction is what Follett does best! However, IMHO, I’m afraid he seriously missed the mark on this venture.

Is Follett a masterpiece thriller novelist?

Here Follett, as a masterpiece thriller novelist, is on familiar territory. Since the story lines are those of the children of the characters in Book One, they are mostly teenagers or slightly older. Yet, they perform remarkable feats of international espionage, with ease, which turns the course of wars and fates of nations.