Title: Wildly inaccurate rubbish
Product review: This novel was recommended to me by a friend, and I bought it based on reviews on this site. It purports to be set in the twelfth century, which, however, appears to have unaccountably time-shifted to the late 20th. century. For example, women are described as "hot", and 12th. century boys appear to know all about monkeys (this was in a largely illiterate era when there were no published books, no TV, and no public zoos, Mr. Follett).Other historical details are way off - Old Sarum Castle has apparently moved itself 6 miles so it's located conveniently next door to Salisbury Cathedral.The final straw for me was that my paperback copy had a full back-cover color shot of author Follett(taken by his wife), looking like a very self-satisfied chipmunk. I couldn't stand any more after 65 pages. Absolute balderdash. Avoid this book. Mine will be in the Laguna Beach Library used bookstore if you want a cheap copy.
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