értékelés, szerintem: ★★★★☆
World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was at the heart of The Pillars of the Earth. The cathedral and the priory are again at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge, but this sequel stands on its own. This time the men and women of an extraordinary cast of characters find themselves at a crossroad of new ideas--about medicine, commerce, architecture, and justice. In a world where proponents of the old ways fiercely battle those with progressive minds, the intrigue and tension quickly reach a boiling point against the devastating backdrop of the greatest natural disaster ever to strike the human race--the Black Death.
"there's always a reason for a secret"
" 'Loreeen would be better off if she'd never married.'
He spoke over his shoulder. 'What else would she do?'
That was the problem, Caris thought resentfully as she entered her house. What else was a woman to do?"
" 'How could the church be wrong?'
'Well, the Muslims have different beliefs.'
'They're heathens!'
'They call us infidels - it's the same thing. And Bounaventura Caroli says there are more Muslims than Christians in the world. So somebody's church is wrong.' "
"A woman's life was a house of closed doors: she could not be an apprentice, she could not study at the university, she could not be a priest or a physician, nor shoot a bow nor fight with a sword, and she could not marry without submitting herself to the tyranny of her husband."
" We're all good when it suits us, he used to say: that doesn't count. It's when you want so badly to do something wrong - when you're about to make a fortune from a dishonest deal, or kiss the lovely lips of your neighbour's wife, or tell a lie to get yourself out of terrible trouble - that's when you need the rules."
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