Praise for the Kingsbridge novels‘A historical saga of such breadth and density . . . Follett succeeds brilliantly in combining hugeness and detail to create a novel imbued with the rawness, violence and blind faith of the era’ Sunday Express‘Where Follett excels is in telling a yarn . . . you won’t be able to put it down’ Independent‘Follett’s storytelling skills make their adventures riveting’ The Times‘The characters, both fictional and real, are fascinating, and the Tudor period setting holds its own special allure. This is a novel that fans of historical fiction will savour and cherish’ National‘This is a huge book in every way, sweeping and yet detailed, a powerful story packed with superbly drawn characters’ Choice Magazine‘Enormous and brilliant . . . this mammoth tale seems to touch all human emotion – love and hate, loyalty and treachery, hope and despair . . . This is truly a novel to get lost in’ Cosmopolitan‘A highly enjoyable tale . . . this book evokes its period brilliantly’ Sunday Times