I bought this book from a book shop, without any expectation. I did not know about Ken Follet, before I read this book. Some how this book glued me inside. It speaks about antislavery, story travels from Europe to US.
Dark side of Industrial Revolution... Brilliant but not pathetic
I may not have picked this book up except for the fact that writer is British and I have an affinity towards British Literature over American. My initial thought was how bad can a book be? But it was far from what I had imagined.
The book not only captured me as a reader, but through its wonderful descriptions and strong characterisations brought to life many aspects of the 18th Century Britain - from the sordid state of a mine worker to pathos of being a second son of in the nobility to of...