“the characters are complex, three-dimensional, and not always likable people, struggling with engrossing dilemma—the fixings of a good novel.”
The world in which Geoffrey Chaucer created his considerable body of writing often painted women as the gateway of the devil, insatiable sexual monsters who consumed their men with their crude, las
“the story Follett weaves grabs you from the start and holds you in its grip till the fairy tale ending.
“. . . a deft narrative of madness, murder, and love against the background of the English-Dutch war.”
“. . . the truth it presents is compelling, and the characters—both place and people—are worth knowing.”
