![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Their targets are the small and secretive Protestant community and Kingsbridge foremost merchant family, the Willards.Īfter the leader of the Protestants is burned at the stake and Ned Willard’s mother Alice is bankrupted by Sir Reginald’s backhanded business dealings, Ned sets out to Hatfield to work towards securing Princess Elizabeth’s ascension to the throne. The town’s secular and religious government is dominated by Catholics – Sir Reginald Fitzgerald, the mayor, and Bishop Julian, both greedy and vengeful. Kingsbridge, like the rest of England, is being torn apart by religious strife. The novel opens in the final year of the reign of Queen Mary I. History fans know this period as the last few turbulent decades of the Tudor era, marked by religious and dynastic conflicts. A Column of Fire, true to form, delivers an epic tale that effortlessly weaves several storylines following the lives of the descendants of the previous novels’ protagonists. ![]() After the runaway success of Pillars of the Earth and World Without End comes the third part in the Kingsbridge series. Of course, Ken Follett needs no introduction. This is a review I have wanted to post for months, but this book is MASSIVE at over 900 pages. ![]()
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