The Evening and the Morning (Thorndike Press Large Print Core: Kingsbridge)

Product Description
A prequel to the best-selling The Pillars of the Earth follows the experiences of a young boatbuilder, a scholarly monk, and a Norman noblewoman against a backdrop of the Viking attacks at the end of the 10th century in England.
Review
"[A] richly told, complex story . . . Follett is a powerful storyteller . . . [whose] fans will enjoy this jaunt through the days before England was merry."\n--Kirkus (starred)
"[An] absorbing and lengthy saga of life in a chaotic and unstable England on the cusp of the Middle Ages . . . Fans of Follett's ever-popular Kingsbridge series . . . will flock to this . . . while intrigued newcomers can start here."\n--Booklist\nPraise for Ken Follett and the Kingsbridge series
"Follett is a master."\n--The Washington Post
"Follett takes you to a time long past with brio and razor-sharp storytelling. An epic tale in which you will lose yourself."\n--The Denver Post
"[Follett is a] master of the sweeping, readable epic."\n--The Philadelphia Inquirer
About the Author
Ken Follett is one of the world's best-loved authors, selling more than 170 million copies of his thirty-one books. Follett's first bestseller was
Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War. In 1989,
The Pillars of the Earth was published and has since become Follett's most popular novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah's Book Club pick. Its sequels,
World Without End and
A Column of Fire, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold more than forty million copies worldwide. Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife, Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and two Labradors.