I've just finished re-reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett. It was a book I thoroughly enjoyed a number of years ago. The story is of the plots and political intrigue involved in building a cathedral at Kingsbridge, England in the twelfth century.
I wanted to re-read it before I picked up "World Without End," which is a sequel set two centuries later. I'm about three hundred pages into the story (the book is 1000+ pages), and I've been struck by the thought that all the machinations are extremely similar to what is being shown in the trailers for a TNT mini-series called "Political Animals." Lying, back-stabling, changing political sides for personal gain, alliances for political gain, I'm sure you get the picture.
What grieves me is that things don't seem to have changed in a millennium. I can only hope that this book, like the first, also ends with the good side finally winning the day after working through great strife. Too bad we can't re-write our current political situation!
