The Evening and the Morning Virtual Tour of the Bayeux Tapestry with Reading Museum

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During Ken Follett's research for his new Kingsbridge novel, The Evening and the Morning, he visited the Bayeux Tapestry to learn more about how people in the 11th Century lived and worked to inspire his fictional setting. As part of the Kingsbridge Festival and in partnership with Reading Museum who house a Victorian replica of the tapestry, step into Ken Follett's shoes and take a virtual tour of the Bayeux Tapestry and some of the key things it can tell us about the time.
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From the bestselling author Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning is a historical epic that will end where The Pillars of the Earth begins.
A TIME OF CONFLICT
It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages, and England faces attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Life is hard, and those with power wield it harshly, bending justice according to their will - often in conflict with the king. With his grip on the country fragile and with no clear rule of law, chaos and bloodshed reign.
THREE LIVES INTERTWINED
Into this uncertain world three people come to the fore: a young boatbuilder, who dreams of a better future when a devastating Viking raid shatters the life that he and the woman he loves hoped for; a Norman noblewoman, who follows her beloved husband across the sea to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey, who dreams of transforming his humble abbey into a centre of learning admired throughout Europe.
THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE
Now, with England at the dawn of the Middle Ages, these three people will each come into dangerous conflict with a ruthless bishop, who will do anything to increase his wealth and power, in an epic tale of ambition and rivalry, death and birth, and love and hate.
Thirty years ago we were introduced to Kingsbridge in The Pillars of the Earth, and now in this masterful prequel international bestseller Ken Follett will take us on a journey into a rich past, which will end where his masterpiece begins.
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@THINKincessantly Жыл бұрын

That was so fun! Thanks from Texas

@ROCKINGMAN Ай бұрын

Fascinating to state the least. I didn't know the Victorians copied this priceless work of historical art, now on display in Reading. Although it is a copy, there have been minor changes, as you explain. You didn't say why these Victorians wanted to copy it. How did they copy it if the original was in France? This version too is a masterpiece.

@Wolfietherrat Жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this. Fascinating.

@PaulH-hl5hw Жыл бұрын

Very interesting..been fascinated by this since school..the colours are still somewhat bright[on original]..though I'm not sure if it's entirely original..this was very easy to listen to..very neatly done.

@paulbourque8648 3 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful piece of work. Hours and hours of work to make such a masterpiece. Just a thought...as an embroiderer myself I can't help but think that the original Bayeux Tapestry/Embroidery could easily and welcomingly have been made by both male and female embroiderers. In Ken Follett's book The Morning and the Evening he says that Embroidery was a major occupation during the 10th and 11th centuries in certain areas of Europe at the time. So if embroideriy brought in money to the household I don't think if a man were a good embroiderer he wouldn't have been employed as such. Just a thought. Your narration was really good.