World Without End

As an author myself (The Q-ube), its always fascinating to read a great novel like World Without End. The first book Of Follet, The Pillars of the Earth has been one of my all-time favorite book, and i was curious to see if the sequel was just as entertaining. My concern was totally unnecessary. As in the first book everything is in there, love greed, politics, and ambition, the book stands alone, there is no need to read the first novel!