Title: Well-researched? I don't think so
Product review: I am surprised at how many people refer to the historical nature of this book and how 'well- researched' it is, etc.Very early on in the book, that sort of praise for this book is proved to be undeserved. Follett refers to a thief being hanged as being "..quite young, somewhere between twenty and thirty years of age..."In Europe in 1128, 20-30 years of age was 1) a huge age range and 2) certainly not young.On page 55. of William Manchester's book about the medieval world, _A World Lit Only by Fire_, one learns that 40 years old was an unlikely age to reach and that most people died well before the age of 30! Those who did reach ages 40 and older were like today's octogenarians, white hair, hunched posture, etc. So, how could 20-30 in age possibly be 'quite young' ?All Follett had to do was a little bit of research to avoid this error.
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