<p><b>From master storyteller Ken Follett, <i>The Evening and the Morning</i> is a historical epic that ends where The Pillars of the Earth begins.<br> <br> A Time of Conflict</b><br> It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. The king's grip on the country is fragile and chaos reigns. A young boat builder dreams of a better future after a devastating Viking raid shatters the life he hoped for.<br> <br> <b>Lives Intertwined</b><br> A Norman noblewoman follows her husband to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey has a vision of transforming his humble home into a centre of learning admired throughout Europe.<br> <br> <b>The Dawn of a New Age</b><br> Now, with England at the dawn of the Middle Ages, these three people will each come into dangerous conflict with a ruthless bishop, who will do anything to increase his wealth and power, in an epic tale of ambition, rivalry, love and hate.<br> <br> <b>Thirty years ago we were introduced to Kingsbridge in The Pillars of the Earth, and now in this prequel international bestseller Ken Follett will take us on a journey into a rich past, which will end where his masterpiece begins.</b></p>