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The Pillars of the Earth
- The Kingsbridge Novels, Book 1
- ナレーター: John Lee
- シリーズ: The Kingsbridge Novels
- 再生時間: 40 時間 13 分
- カテゴリー: ミステリー・スリラー・サスペンス, スリラー・サスペンス
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Fall of Giants
- 著者: Ken Follett
- ナレーター: John Lee
- 再生時間: 30 時間 36 分
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A huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London.
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Found
- 著者: Erin Kinsley
- ナレーター: Lucy Paterson
- 再生時間: 9 時間 4 分
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When 11-year-old Evan vanishes without trace, his parents are plunged into their worst nightmare. Especially as the police, under massive pressure, have no answers. But months later Evan is unexpectedly found, frightened and refusing to speak. His loving family realise life will never be the same again. DI Naylor knows that unless those who took Evan are caught, other children are in danger. And with Evan silent, she must race against time to find those responsible....
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Edge of Eternity
- The Century Trilogy, Book 3
- 著者: Ken Follett
- ナレーター: John Lee
- 再生時間: 36 時間 51 分
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Throughout these books, Follett has followed the fortunes of five intertwined families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - as they make their way through the twentieth century. Now they come to one of the most tumultuous eras of all: the enormous social, political, and economic turmoil of the 1960s through the 1980s, from civil rights, assassinations, mass political movements and Vietnam to the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, presidential impeachment, revolution - and rock and roll.
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The Silent Patient
- 著者: Alex Michaelides
- ナレーター: Louise Brealey, Jack Hawkins
- 再生時間: 8 時間 32 分
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The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her husband - and of the man obsessed with uncovering her motive.... Famous artist Alicia Berenson shoots her husband in the head five times and then never speaks again. Five years later, forensic psychotherapist Theo Faber must find a way to get Alicia to talk if he wants to treat her. Only then can he unravel the shocking events of that tragic night five years before....
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The Shining
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Campbell Scott
- 再生時間: 15 時間 50 分
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Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote...and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.
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World Without End
- The Kingsbridge Novels, Book 2
- 著者: Ken Follett
- ナレーター: John Lee
- 再生時間: 45 時間 34 分
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On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius, and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war.
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Fall of Giants
- 著者: Ken Follett
- ナレーター: John Lee
- 再生時間: 30 時間 36 分
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A huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London.
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Found
- 著者: Erin Kinsley
- ナレーター: Lucy Paterson
- 再生時間: 9 時間 4 分
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When 11-year-old Evan vanishes without trace, his parents are plunged into their worst nightmare. Especially as the police, under massive pressure, have no answers. But months later Evan is unexpectedly found, frightened and refusing to speak. His loving family realise life will never be the same again. DI Naylor knows that unless those who took Evan are caught, other children are in danger. And with Evan silent, she must race against time to find those responsible....
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Edge of Eternity
- The Century Trilogy, Book 3
- 著者: Ken Follett
- ナレーター: John Lee
- 再生時間: 36 時間 51 分
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Throughout these books, Follett has followed the fortunes of five intertwined families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - as they make their way through the twentieth century. Now they come to one of the most tumultuous eras of all: the enormous social, political, and economic turmoil of the 1960s through the 1980s, from civil rights, assassinations, mass political movements and Vietnam to the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, presidential impeachment, revolution - and rock and roll.
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The Silent Patient
- 著者: Alex Michaelides
- ナレーター: Louise Brealey, Jack Hawkins
- 再生時間: 8 時間 32 分
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The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her husband - and of the man obsessed with uncovering her motive.... Famous artist Alicia Berenson shoots her husband in the head five times and then never speaks again. Five years later, forensic psychotherapist Theo Faber must find a way to get Alicia to talk if he wants to treat her. Only then can he unravel the shocking events of that tragic night five years before....
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The Shining
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Campbell Scott
- 再生時間: 15 時間 50 分
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Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote...and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.
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World Without End
- The Kingsbridge Novels, Book 2
- 著者: Ken Follett
- ナレーター: John Lee
- 再生時間: 45 時間 34 分
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On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius, and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war.
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Becoming
- 著者: Michelle Obama
- ナレーター: Michelle Obama
- 再生時間: 19 時間 3 分
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In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms.
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語り口からにじみ出る、手本とすべき人柄。
- 投稿者: Kindleのお客様 日付: 2019/02/07
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The Shadow of the Wind
- 著者: Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- ナレーター: Daniel Philpott
- 再生時間: 17 時間 33 分
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Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'La Sombra del Viento' by Julian Carax. But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find.
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- 著者: Delia Owens
- ナレーター: Cassandra Campbell
- 再生時間: 12 時間 12 分
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For years, rumors of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.
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In Five Years
- A Novel
- 著者: Rebecca Serle
- ナレーター: Megan Hilty
- 再生時間: 6 時間 44 分
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Dannie Kohan lives her life by the numbers. She is nothing like her lifelong best friend - the wild, whimsical, believes-in-fate Bella. Her meticulous planning seems to have paid off after she nails the most important job interview of her career and accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal in one fell swoop, falling asleep completely content. But when she awakens, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man.
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Stressful
- 投稿者: キャロル 日付: 2021/01/29
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The Evening and the Morning
- Kingsbridge, Book 4
- 著者: Ken Follett
- ナレーター: John Lee
- 再生時間: 24 時間 19 分
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It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns. In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined.
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The Sins of the Father: Clifton Chronicles, Book 2
- 著者: Jeffrey Archer
- ナレーター: Alex Jennings, Emilia Fox
- 再生時間: 10 時間 7 分
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The second book in Jeffrey Archer’s highly acclaimed The Clifton Chronicles, The Sins of the Father takes the reader on a breath-taking journey from the backstreets of Bristol to the boardrooms of Manhattan.The book opens in New York, 1939. Harry Clifton, under the new identity of Tom Bradshaw, finds himself arrested for first degree murder.
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Sphere
- 著者: Michael Crichton
- ナレーター: Scott Brick
- 再生時間: 13 時間
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A classic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton, Sphere is a bravura demonstration of what he does better than anyone: riveting storytelling that combines frighteningly plausible, cutting-edge science and technology with pulse-pounding action and serious chills.
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Pachinko
- 著者: Min Jin Lee
- ナレーター: Allison Hiroto
- 再生時間: 18 時間 16 分
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Profoundly moving and gracefully told, Pachinko follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them. Betrayed by her wealthy lover, Sunja finds unexpected salvation when a young tubercular minister offers to marry her and bring her to Japan to start a new life.
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It is an amazing book!
- 投稿者: Amazon Customer 日付: 2019/04/19
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The Flatshare
- 著者: Beth O'Leary
- ナレーター: Carrie Hope Fletcher, Kwaku Fortune
- 再生時間: 10 時間 8 分
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Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think they're crazy, but it's the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy's at work in the day and she has the run of the place the rest of the time. But with obsessive ex-boyfriends, demanding clients at work, wrongly imprisoned brothers and, of course, the fact that they still haven't met yet, they're about to discover that if you want the perfect home you need to throw the rule book out the window....
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Her Darkest Nightmare
- 著者: Brenda Novak
- ナレーター: Therese Plummer
- 再生時間: 13 時間 1 分
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Evelyn Talbot knows that a psychopath can look perfectly normal. She was only 16 when her own boyfriend, Jasper, imprisoned and tortured her - and left her for dead. Now an eminent psychiatrist who specializes in the criminal mind, Evelyn is the force behind Hanover House, a maximum-security facility located in a small Alaskan town. Her job puts her at odds with Sergeant Amarok, who is convinced that Hanover is a threat to his community, even as his attraction to beautiful Evelyn threatens to tear his world apart.
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Bad Blood
- Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- 著者: John Carreyrou
- ナレーター: Will Damron
- 再生時間: 11 時間 36 分
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The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar start-up, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end. In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose start-up ‘unicorn’ promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood tests significantly faster and easier.
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The Kind Worth Killing
- A Novel
- 著者: Peter Swanson
- ナレーター: Johnny Heller, Karen White, Kathleen Early, 、その他
- 再生時間: 10 時間 17 分
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On a flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets the stunning and mysterious Lily Kintner. Sharing one too many martinis, the strangers begin to play a game of truth, revealing intimate details about themselves. Ted talks about his marriage that’s going stale and his wife, Miranda, who he’s sure is cheating on him. Ted and his wife were a mismatch from the start - he the rich businessman, she the artistic free spirit - a contrast that once inflamed their passion but has now become a cliché. But their game turns a little darker when Ted jokes that he could kill Miranda....
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"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 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)
あらすじ・解説
A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of 12th-century England, this is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.
The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known...of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect - a man divided in his soul...of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame...and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state and brother against brother.
The Pillars of the Earth is followed by World Without End and A Column of Fire.
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Award-winning novelist Ken Follett is at his most magnificent in Pillars of the Earth, Book 1 of the trilogy series by the same name, narrated by professional voice artist John Lee. This incredible book has been voted in the top 100 of Britain’s Best Loved Books in the BBC The Big Read. The scope of detail in this audiobook is unparalleled. Its intricate plot is weaved with history, religion, politics, love and dishonour. It is an all-encompassing saga, delicately capturing the very core of existence in 12th-century England. Available now from Audible.
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- Alan
- 2011/10/02
Very very surprised
I am usually a fan of thriller type books and have listened to authors like Charlaine Harris and Nelson Demille, who I rate very highly.... I drive roadtrains for 12 hour shifts so like going for longer type books, and saw this book was 41 hours long and had seen a good review for it...so I got it with my credit for the month since it cost a little more. I thought there was a good chance it was going to be a mistake... I mean set in the 12th century about building of a cathedral, haha, i am not religious or much of a history buff....
Well all I can say is "This is one of the best books I have listened to since joining audible.com and I have listened to heaps"... Totally engrossed in it from the first 30 pages and it never stopped..... Get it and listen to it you won't be dissapointed whether you are a harley riding dude or a chick working in a lawyers office, you won't regret it.....
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- Janine
- 2011/01/02
As good the second time around...
I read Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth when it was published in 1989 - and the epic is no less engaging the second time around. Follett has woven in all the elements of a top notch tale - good, evil, justice, injustice, ambition, greed, redemption... The addition of Follett's preface adds insights into the creation of the novel and his transition from thrillers to the much more complex structure and story of Pillars.
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- Hilary
- 2012/01/10
A time when "God and his saints slept........"
In " The Pillars of the Earth", as shown through the lives of widely differing characters, Ken Follett has painted an outstanding picture of the appalling chaos, poverty and starvation prevalent in England during the nine years when Stephen and Matilda were rampaging around the country fighting for the crown.
The general breakdown of any justice or law and the perpetual uncertainty and brutality of life is very clearly shown. Those in authority changed so often that the general populace had no idea who would be their next harsh and demanding masters. The devious political intrigues between and within both church and state, fuelled by greed, spite and lust for power are well portrayed. Be prepared for many graphic descriptions of extreme and cruel violence. It is certainly typical of the times but you can skip in a book, harder with an ipod!
Woven into the tale and central to the theme are clear, understandable explanations and descriptions of the actual planning, building and methods used in 12th century England to build a cathedral. Such majestic and spectacular results were achieved with rudimentary methods and simple tools we can only be awed and the trials and triumphs of the Kingsbridge builders felt personal.
Recommended as an amazing book with so much of various interest and narrated superbly by John Lee.
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- Jacobus
- 2010/11/13
At lomg last... the unabridged version
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is a book on intrigue, romance, strife and the building of a cathedral. Like War and Peace and some of the older classics you are confronted with more of the characters' lives than usual. However, you are not wondering about the main characters.
Although a long listen, this book is worth it. The narrator, John Lee, was able to bring this monumental work of Follett sufficiently to life. He pulled you through the one or two places of boredom.
For those who have or are watching the television series, the book and the series differs substantially. This leaves certain things unpredictable.
The book comes highly recommended.
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- Cheryl
- 2011/07/15
Wonderful Narration
A rich absorbing book with a spellbinding narration. I loved the change of pace and subtlety of the narrator.
Another Ken Follett masterpiece!
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- Sonja
- 2010/12/01
An epic tale!
I am a huge fan of Ken Follett so am somewhat biased, however on this occasion I think he deserves all the praise he gets. It is a long book with many characters in whose lives you become immersed. I never got bored or wished away a single word or sentence. The narration was excellent. It is an epic story and worth more than 1 credit!
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- Miss Annie Jones
- 2012/04/07
Modern tripe
What disappointed you about The Pillars of the Earth?
The predictable one-dimensional characters, the predictable and unneccessary laciviousness, the lack of authenticity and the predictability.
What could Ken Follett have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Not written it.
Did John Lee do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?
Yes, except his Welsh accent was all wrong (I'm from North Wales, we don't speak like extras from Gavin and Stacey, we don't call our fathers 'Da' - hate it when the whole of Wales is charicatured as South Wales - we're far more lyrical up here - Bryn Terfel, Rhys Ifans - listen to their accents).
What character would you cut from The Pillars of the Earth?
All but Aliona and Tom Builder.
Any additional comments?
I was so looking forward to listening to this, I love historical fiction, but there was nothing here which immersed me in the past, it was a modern story coincidentally set in 10th Century, with modern language, modern characters and modern sensibilities. It was beyond bad, really. I stuck with it until about three-quarters of the way through (admittedly, I increased the speed on my iPod to get through it more quickly) but the nastiness of the characters, the predictable way they acted, the vicarious pleasure Mr Follet seemed to take in the depravity shown towards women, it angered me and made my skin crawl. I abandoned the listen without regret.
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- Sluggalot
- 2016/10/09
Where you all listening to the same book as me?
I really don't understand the positive reviews of this book. It's truly one of the worst books I've listened to.
The characters are either stamped good guys or bad guys. And don't expect any surprises or plot twists because the author tells you exactly what his characters are going to do before they do it.
The author takes a lot of pleasure in really making sure you understand his main bad guy is bad. Hence lots of rape scenes that are really unnecessary. Also some terribly written sex scenes between 'good' characters that go on for way too long and just become awkward to the point of nausea.
This book is so long. And not in a good way. And it has more endings than the lord of the rings. Just when you think the book should finish.. Nope 10 more hours to go! It also doesn't build pace, it just peters out and you're left thinking 'I went through all that for nothing??!'
Also, although I love medieval history - which is why I wanted to read the book - it feels like the author what's to lecture you half the time on medieval life. So as interesting as medieval monastery and town planning is, along with crop rotation, stone carving techniques, felting, baking.. Etc etc etc it really really slows down the story to the point of boredom.
I want 40 hours of my life back..
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- Toni
- 2013/07/31
Engrossing
What did you like about this audiobook?
The listener becomes completely immersed in this world of cathedrals and their building, life challenges, politics and love.
Does the author present information in a way that is interesting and insightful, and if so, how does he achieve this?
The way in which historical information and the storyline were woven together.
What did you find wrong about the narrator's performance?
Nothing. John Lee is fabulous.
Do you have any additional comments?
This book was thoroughly enjoyable. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
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- Paul
- 2011/09/21
Sensational
I read the physical copy of World without End first sometime ago .... this was even better - SENSATIONAL .... I'm even shouting at the kids in a Welsh accent ;-)
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- Mrs
- 2012/12/23
Fabulous book
Ken Follett's ability to keep his readers interested in long novels is wonderful - this is epic Follett, wide ranging, believable characters, he gives a real sense of history. This kept me entertained through ironing, mucking out the horses and driving to work! The second time I listened to it was as good as the first - there were bits I hadn't really taken in. A great listen.
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- Robert
- 2010/10/31
The Pillars of the Earth
Watching the current TV series is rather like reading the abridged version of this epic tale which is the only version that was hitherto available in the UK. One of the things that really draws you into this tale is the vast array of interesting characters and the depth of their characterisation. Enjoy the minutae of their everyday lives, the way that people ate, slept, worked and were beholden to their Lords & Masters in the 12th century. Historical facts like the English civil war and battles fought in 1142 are interwoven with everyday tales of love, hate, treachery and corruption. Absolutely compelling listening and despite the length, I was dissapointed when I finally came to the end.
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- Stuart McGowan
- 2020/11/03
Missing an important chapter
Unfortunately, the download is missing a whole chapter containing the story of the burning down of the Kingsbridge fleece market and the killing of Tom Builder, one of the story's main characters. Other than this one, albeit serious, problem, I would say the story and narrator are very good.
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- Julie
- 2010/12/13
Better than the TV series
I know its a cliche, but i would strongly advise anyone who watched and enjoyed the TV series to listen to this unabridged version of the book. While i thought the series was excellent, it does contain some alterations to the original story. The story contained in the book hangs together much better. It is also more historically accurate. For example Stephen was not captured at the same time as Gloucester. The book more accurately represents Stephens weak character and his reluctance to take on the Earls- which doesn't come across in the TV version.
It is a story which you do not want to end. Moreover, the ending is not obvious- just when you think everything is sorted the book has another twist in stall. The characters in the book are very realistic, while William and the bishop are more evil than appears on the tv version.
Beware the book is much more graphic than the series- some pretty sexually explicit scenes- not for children to hear! Although this is not arbitrary, it adds real sense to lawlessnes of the society during this war and immorality of those given power.
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- Petra
- 2015/02/18
Ripping yarn
This is a humdinger of a story.
I don't think that its the greatest literature, occasionally the plot took barely credible detours so that lose ends could be tied up, and I wasn't wild about the narrator. But I whisked thru the huge book in a few weeks and couldn't wait to hear the end.
If you like historical fiction you won't be disappointed.
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- Kirstine
- 2014/06/14
Medieval soap opera
I downloaded this book having been impressed by the first two parts of the author’s Century Trilogy. These latter books illuminated the impacts of the First and Second World Wars by creating fictional characters whose lives are played out against the backdrop of world affaires. I had hoped that Pillars of the Earth would do the same for 12th century history and the turbulent time of the civil war caused by King Stephen and Queen Maud both claiming the throne of England. Pillars isn’t in the same class as the Century books. The historical content is subservient to a medieval melodrama of baddies versus goodies with little subtlety in characterisation. A saintly Prior is trying to get a cathedral built but is perpetually thwarted by a dastardly knight and corrupt bishop. It’s a story of repeated crises where the Prior’s hopes are dashed only in the end to get the better of his adversaries. The book reminds me of dark fairy stories where a monster lives on the outskirts of a town and requires repeated sacrifices by the villagers to ward off an attack but in the end good triumphs over evil. There is an interesting story buried in this book but there are just too many similar scenarios. Somewhat incongruously there are repeated sex scenes that seem more like soft porn than real life. I felt that rape scenes were too lasciviously described than necessary and the sheer number of references to large breasts that are salivated over, fondled and pinched became risible!
The reader is excellent and contributed to me carrying on with this very long book. Had I been reading it I would have given up but, as I use audio books as company on walks and while doing household chores, I soldiered on.
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- VJ
- 2017/08/04
Fantastic!!
A brilliant novel - very long - but I was still sorry when it ended. I am left with a strong sense of what it must have been like to live in medieval times.
Excellently narrated by John Lee - his Welsh accent is so good - he must have some Welsh roots!?! :-)
I cannot recommend this book enough - I wish more stars were available for books such as this!
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- Robyn
- 2014/01/07
This is a special book
I delayed reading this - it just looked dull/unappealing. Boy was I wrong.
42 hours of listening pleasure! It's got everything - intrigue, humour, well developed characters, great plot.
According to Ken Follett himself, this is a book which has grown in popularity with time, and by word of mouth - and you can see why.
If you enjoy full, detailed, and well constructed epics, then treat yourself with this. It's not hard going despite it's length.
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- Luce
- 2018/01/08
So, the rumors were true... :)
It's really good piece of historical fiction. And it's huge. When it comes to length, number of characters, plots or small epizodes that make the whole story of medieval lifetime very catchy and page-turning. I liked it and enjoyed every page. Beautifully narrated by John Lee. Great audiobook, literally.
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- Ian
- 2011/02/17
Thank the Lord its over!!
I know its a failing in me. If I've invested in a book I have to see it through to the end, and this one required rather more teeth-gritting than is entirely healthy.
I love well-written historical fiction (see Patrick O'Brien) but this was the most unbelievable tosh.
Bernard Cornwell on a bad day making an unholy tryst with Dame Barbara Cartland and a very VERY sub-standard D.H.Lawrence.
Another reviewer refers to the two-dimensional nature of the characters: this is an exaggeration... all the characters are barely one-dimensional, there is little or no psychological development(astonishing considering the time-scale covered by this novel) and they are all either unbelievably good or unremmitingly bad.
I gave a star for the reading and a couple of stars for the descriptions of the Cathedral-building, but then I remembered those endless, passionless, colourless, distincly unerotic,cold, clincal sex scenes, and knocked a star off! You can see them coming a mile off, the bells clang, the sirens sound, the hooters blare (no pun intended) and you know you're in for a very trying 20 minutes indeed!
If a reader is really interested in the Early English Cathedral as a literary journey, may I strongly recommend William Golding's 'The Spire': rather more challenging and rather less a Medieval East Enders.
Save yourself almost 2 days (I can't believe that) and pass this one by!
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- Matt
- 2016/01/09
my favourite book!
I have loved this book since I was a child. I was hesitant to try the audio book as i was afraid that the narrator wouldn't do it justice. I'm so glad i tried it out. John Lee gave this story justice with his amazing narration. his voice is beautiful to listen to and his character voices where spot on.
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- brandon bailey
- 2021/01/06
Missing an important chapter!!
Please note that this recording is missing an important chapter!
Chapter 10, part 5 is half of what it should be. This is an important chapter in the book and not listening to it will lead to confusion.
Hopefully Audible fixes this issue asap.
Otherwise, this is a great story and have enjoyed listening to it.
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- Kathryn
- 2018/02/14
Not for me.
Gave up at around the halfway mark. Could not cope with the perpetual violence, cruelty and horror. A depressing indictment of the vileness of humanity. No happy times in this book. Not recommended at all.
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- Fady
- 2016/02/20
My favorite book!
An amazing book
An epic story spanning the entire lifetime of the characters filled with action, tragedy and love affairs. Beautifully written, i really felt that i got to know the true essence of the characters. This book will take you for a ride!
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- JILL MEYER
- 2020/12/01
Mixed feelings
Excellent story and characters but spoiled by unnecessarily detailed graphic violence. Missed the mark of being one of the greats.
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- PJ
- 2017/11/11
Gripping read from start to finish!
This was a magnificent read, I was distraught when it finished as I was so invested in all the characters....thank you Ken Follett! Thank you also John for a fantastic narration
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- Amazon Customer
- 2017/08/27
Engaging storyline and interesting characters
Loved this audio book! It's become one of my favourites. Would highly recommend to everyone
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- Bernadette
- 2015/02/06
Fantastic story - great performance
You will not be disappointed with this book. It is a long book yet the end comes to soon. The pillars transports the listener to a world full of struggle and triumphs.
This was my first Ken Follett book, and have since listened to six other titles. This is the one book to start with. Enjoy!
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- Anonymous User
- 2018/01/21
Great story
As good as the first time I read it and loved the narrator! Will listen to the next in the series.
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- Smithy NZ
- 2021/01/03
I loved this book.
Not having read any of Ken Folletts works, I was fortunate to have started with the prequel to The Pillars of the Earth, The Evening and The Morning, which I loved so it was an easy transition to the next book in the Kingsbridge series. I now can’t wait to read the rest.