Title: Pulls you into 12th century life, despite its flaws
Product review: I've never much enjoyed Ken Follett's books. What drew my attention to this in the bookstore was the title and the synopsis on the back cover. Based on my previous encounters with Follett's books, I put it back and moved on. Nevertheless, I was drawn back to the story, and bought it for the story.The writing is not great. The level of detail is jumpy, the characters cliched, and the sexual content is completely unnecessary. I *do*, however, recommend this book for its ability to simultaneously entertain and educate the reader by pulling you into 12th centurty life. It's so easy to look back in ignorance and misjudge those times. I don't know how historically accurate this book is, but it causes makes the reader to rethink assumptions about life in the 12th century.
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