THE EVENING AND THE MORNING THE PREQUEL TO THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH

• Main Author: Follett, Ken (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London MACMILLAN c2020
• Subjects: Nobility; Historical Fiction
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• Item Description: Maps on endpapers
• Physical Description: 816 pages maps 25 cm
• ISBN: 9781447278788

he Evening and the Morning takes place around the year 1,000 when England is under constant attack from Vikings and soon to be conquered by Normans. The theme of the story is the origins of a legal system that does not merely serve its ruling chieftains. Follett said, 'The story is set at the end of the Dark Ages and the beginning of the Middle Ages, so it's an evening and a morning. And the phrase is Biblical, of course: 'And the evening and the morning were the first day'. This is a time when people began to demand what we call the rule of law, which means that disputes are settled according to rules, regardless of how rich and powerful you are.'