A Column of Fire by Ken Follett

A Column of Fire by Ken Follett
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

5.0/5.0 - I loved this book, as I did the two earlier volumes in the series. Follett brings 16th century Elizabethan England to life against the backdrop of religious discord. When the book opens, the country is Catholic, under Mary Tudor's rule. But when she dies, her half-sister, Elizabeth reigns as a Protestant and the tide is turned against the Catholics. Those who were persecuted are now in power, those once in power must go underground and foment unrest and political intrigue, plotting to overthrow Elizabeth, in favor of Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots. Throughout the book, two families, the Willards and the Fitzgeralds are constantly at odds. Young Ned Willard, son of rich merchant Alice, is in love with Margery Fitzgerald, but her family, being Catholic and social climbers wed her to the son of the Earl. After his mother is ruined financially by the Fitzgeralds, Ned decides to go in service to Elizabeth, as a spy. The intrigue covers two continents and fifty years, with fortunes made and lost, and love and families created and destroyed.
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