This is the first Ken Follet book I have ever read. Was a fantastic journey.
If you can ignore the raw scenes – the rape and brutal murders of the medieval times – this book will both entertain and give an idea how a Cathedral could have got built.
It is not easy. Building anything great which can stand the test of time and wars. The Great Cathedrals in Europe have withstood all these and more. And they were built in a time without Earth Movers or Machines – but with bare hands.
The story is nicely woven – there are many heroes and villains – and how they all fight it out, the setbacks, the cunning plots – and finally a Cathedral gets built – after it gets burnt down twice and collapses because of a wrong architecture.
I cannot stop appreciating the parallel in my life. It has taken 13 years on one goal – ADDA. It will take another couple of decades or more to make ADDA a product to be used by all Apartment Communities across the world.
Yes had my share of Heroes and Villains so far. More are yet to come – but they will all help in the end goal I have in mind – just like Friar Phillip – who will fight it all out and finally the Cathedral gets erected. What a ride!
