The Evening and the Morning (A Prequel to The Pillars of the Earth)

THE PREQUEL TO THE WORLDWIDE SUCCESS THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH

In The Evening and the Morning, Ken Follett embarks the reader on an epic journey that ends where The Pillars of the Earth begins.

Year 997, end of the Dark Ages. England faces attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Life is hard and those who hold some power wield it with an iron fist, often in conflict with the king himself.

In these turbulent times, three lives intertwine: the young shipbuilder Edgar, about to elope with the woman he loves, understands that his future will be very different from what he had imagined when his home is razed by the Vikings; Ragna, the rebellious daughter of a Norman nobleman, accompanies her husband to a new land across the sea only to discover that customs there are dangerously different; and Aldred, an idealistic monk, dreams of transforming his humble abbey into a center of learning admired throughout Europe. All three will be forced into a confrontation with the ruthless Bishop Wynstan, determined to increase his power at any cost.

The great master of action and suspense narrative transports us to the twilight of a violent and brutal era and the beginning of a new time in a monumental and thrilling tale of ambition and rivalry, birth and death, love and hate.

Critics have said...
«The author of The Pillars of the Earth arrives with a new historical book and a very current concern.»
El País

«Ken Follett is, without a doubt, one of the most successful writers today.»
El Español

«His books are addictive. You don't read them. You devour them.»
La Voz de Asturias

«The Evening and the Morning, the prequel to The Pillars of the Earth, is a monument (not cathedral-shaped) to integrity, ingenuity, and resilience against the abuse of power.»
Esquire

«True to the recipe with which he has achieved so many successes, Follett constructs a dense network of intertwined plots in which his heroes only solve each of their problems to find an even greater threat on the next page.»
eldiario.es

«The Welsh writer revisits the universe of his bestseller The Pillars of the Earth, which sold more than 27 million copies worldwide, in The Evening and the Morning, an eagerly awaited prequel that addresses the complex period the world experienced around the year 1000, whose struggles and problems resonate in the present.»
El Cultural

«You turn the pages of The Evening and the Morning, a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth, and you feel the same pleasure as when you drink a large glass of water first thing in the morning. It goes down easy, relaxes the mind, satisfies the body. The same goes for the Welshman's novels.»
Álvaro Colomer, Tendencias

About The Pillars of the Earth saga, they have said:
«Fantastic from every point of view.»
El Mundo

«Follett is a master.»
The Washington Post

«A work that stands out as a triumph of effort and professionalism.»
The Guardian

«There's no corner without surprise, no tedious page.»
Qué leer

«I still envy Follett's ability to entertain, just as I did on day one. His plots always work and keep you glued to every page.»
Juan Gómez Jurado, ABC