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Circle of Days

The epic new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth

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Circle of Days

Written by: Ken Follett
Narrated by: Richard Armitage
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About this listen

 'Monumentally epic . . . a superb novel' LEE CHILD

From the master of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world's greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge.

A PRIESTESS WHO BELIEVES IN THE IMPOSSIBLE

A MONUMENT THAT WILL DEFINE A CIVILIZATION

In the high summer heat, Joia watches the Midsummer ceremony that signals the start of a new year, enthralled. She dreams of a miraculous new monument, raised from the biggest stones in the world. It is a vision of a great circle, assembled by the divided tribes of the Great Plain. Helped by Seft, a talented miner, it will become their life's work.

But as drought ravages the earth, mistrust grows between the herders, farmers and woodlanders. And an act of savage violence leads to open warfare.

ONE OF THE GREATEST MYSTERIES OF OUR AGE

IMAGINED BY ONE OF THE GREATEST STORYTELLERS OF OUR TIME

'Always entertaining' THE TIMES
'Historical mastery' DAILY MIRROR
'As rich as it is thrilling' I PAPER©2025 The Follett Office Action & Adventure Action Thrillers Historical Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thriller & Suspense

Critic Reviews

There could be no better match between author and subject than Ken Follett writing about Stonehenge. His trademark blend of the intensely human and the monumentally epic works to perfection here - a superb novel
A tour de force - Follett so brilliantly and engagingly immerses us in a world and society at the time of the creation of Stonehenge that feels indelibly real. It utterly grips and fascinates, and made me realize that apart from technology, so very little has changed between then and now in how we behave
A hugely enjoyable family saga. Books like this are a sort of anti-social media: just a reader turning pages, lost in a different world. Follett is one of the great storytellers
A must-read, wonderful saga for anyone who's ever gazed at Stonehenge in awe. The monument and the people that built it, brought to life like never before
One of the great, bestselling novelists
Follett is a master
Ken Follett is unquestionably a master storyteller but his unique skill is animating the ordinary lives that history too often fails to record. In Circle of Days, like Pillars of the Earth he breathes life into iconic stone, to fill history's silences with living breathing people
Another fabulous tale from the master storyteller, packed with passion, heartache and compelling historical detail. No-one does it better
Grand in scope but earthy in tone, this is historical fiction as rich as it is thrilling
Follett brings to rich and vibrant life this epic family saga . . . An addictive tale . . . Thrilling
Follett's origin story of Stonehenge is always entertaining
Thrilling
Nobody writes big blockbuster historical stories quite like Follett . . . A fascinating subject that comes to life in the usual Follett way, through the characters he creates that leap off the page
[A] giant of the literary world
Follett's gift for making his fiction seem tantalisingly authentic, and a plot that takes in murders, a famine, tribal warfare, and a drought, the distant past has never felt so viscerally alive
All stars
Most relevant
The development of the story. Interesting and fascinating. As usual Ken Follett did not disappoint. A good epic.

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Every bit was enjoyable. Loved the detailing of life so long ago. Recommend to all

the story

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Wonderful narration and a good story.At the end of it all it is just a bed time story and the author has used all his imaginative powers to bring the characters to life.

Great narration.

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Not expected of Ken Follet. Read up to Chapter 30 somehow. But then just couldn't bear it. Is the only way to grip the audience is to plan conspiracies and cruelty against the protoganists? Didn't work for me... Sorry.

Surpisingly un Ken Follet like.

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