Customer Reviews
WONDERFUL READ - By: pugsley, 02 Oct 2008 
This book is one of the best I've read!! Captured the life & timesin such a wonderful way - couldn't put it down!!
On par with Pillars - By: Mark J. Bingley, 14 Mar 2008 Loved this book. Ken did such a good job with Pillars, that I was really looking forward to getting into another of his Epic tales.
I was dissapointed when I realised I was getting close to the end of this one. I could have read about these characters forever !!!
Seriously though, I suggest you have a read of this. And... if you havent read Ken before, you should also check out The Pillars of the Earth.
Well done Ken... give us another !!!
Quality book! - By: Mr. Tony Griffiths, 05 Mar 2008 Great storyline to aother excellent Follett novel. I'd just finished Pillars for the umpteenth time, & grabbed this off of e-bay. A really good tale of greed, love, corruption & tragedy.
Dont be put off by the "banking" line-this is a ripping novel that will keep you more than captured for a few days!
Marvellous.....!!
Brilliant - By: love reading, 11 Jan 2008 Another fantastic story from Ken Follett. This is one of my all time favourite books. I absolutely loved this. I just couldn't put it down. You'll love it.
Enthralling book, persevere through the start!! - By: Mosschops, 16 Jan 2007 
An excellent story, yet again by Ken Follett, who so farin my reading history, has dipped into completely different periods of time, leading to fascinating & captivating stories, characterised by well-thought out scenes & characters with depth.
However I had some difficutly with this one - it was not clear until about page 100 who the story was about. I found the number of lead characters confusing - partially because I did not know which relationships I should be taking note of, & therefore had trouble understanding the direction it was going in.
That the main character (Hugh), is also downplayed some of the time, whilst being shown sympathetically other times, meant that I simply didn't grasp the fact that the story is his. The initial chapter could have been better placed by calling it a prologue or something similar.
For Follett fans - you are guarenteed to like this!
