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Pros

Lots of history, intrigue galore and a masterfully told story. The war between the catholics and protestants of the 16th century was much like the current political civil wars. This is his third in the trilogy of england as she developed.

Follett knows human nature and portrays it beautifully. Follett never fails to entertain!



Cons

Adverbs are meaningless when they can be inferred. The writing appears to be on a sixth-grade level. The characterization is one-dimensional and hard to connect with.

Ken follett's third volume of the century trilogy is not worthy of his name. The narrator makes such a ridiculous attempt of a woman’s voice that it makes it unbearable to listen to and borders on comical. At one point, he even uses the term trump in ...  Read More

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Quality


Follets fictional characters were merged very well with the actual individuals of the era of elizabeth i of england


Great review of the long bitter rivalry between catholic and protestant factions with the desire to progress in the monarchy

Price


Liked the price of good used products

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This series are great escape from the real world

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    historical, novel, great and many.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 24,815 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 13 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I would love to see him grab a different piece of history maybe even a different part of the world such as cleopatra and egyptian lore or maybe the colonies


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I’m sure that he would be able to write as masterfully about those times and make them stories that come alive


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Its hard for me to imagine a time where people are intolerant of religion that they were willing to kill for their beliefs


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    However i felt like some of the characters were not as well developed as in other books particularly the antagonists


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Not for the faint of heart however


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The book is a christmas gift so not even one page has been read and since it is a gift i will not be reviewing it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Part three of the kingsbridge saga this book leaves that city in the background and instead focuses on the violence and murder between catholics and protestants in 1500’s western europe


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Thanks again and please write some more

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