#if you bring up Maud and Walters love story

[redrobin-detective]

The funniest part of Ken Follet’s Kingsbridge quadrilogy is that Ken Follet for his male and female lead uses the same archetype over and over in each story. I don’t know if it’s purposeful, as way to show that for everything that changes over the centuries that people will always be people. There will always be a kindly, intelligent young builder who got a head for figures but a heart full of sadness and the independent, clever, down to earth nobleman’s daughter who longs for someone to treat her as an equal.

And you know what? I eat it up every time. Every time Jack realizes he loves Aliena or Merthyn loves Caris or Ned loves Margery or Edgar loves Ragna, I lose my goddamn mind.