Chirevo chakakurumbira chinoti haufanire kudzokera kunzvimbo dzawaifara. Ken Follett aida kuisa njodzi kudzoka.
Kumwe kunyunyuta kunopinda mumamiriyoni evaverengi avo vakaita "Mbiru dzePasi" kuverenga kwakagovaniswa zvakafanana zvakafanana mashoma mashoma emakore apfuura. Nekuti izwi remuromo, apo izwi iri rakanga risati ranzwika senge rinotapuriranwa, rakashanda zvisati zvamboitika kune rakazara basa renhoroondo yekunyepedzera, chakavanzika uye kunyange chinonakidza.
Asi kana Ken Follett anga achida kudzoka kuzotiudza zvese kubva pakutanga nyowani, sei tisingakwanise kumuperekedza? Zvichida nenzira iyi, zvishoma nezvishoma, tichasvika pakutanga kwezvose, kutapwa kubva kuParadhiso. Nzira yekubuda muEdeni iyo yakarasa vanhu neropa ravo rekuzvisarudzira, iro remweya "gunde sezvaunogona" nekuravira kwekusingaperi chirango.
En Rima nemambakwedza, Ken Follett anotangisa muverengi parwendo rwepiki runogumira kupi Mbiru dzenyika anotanga.
Gore 997, kupera kweNguva yeRima. England inotarisana nekurwiswa kubva kuWales kubva kumadokero uye maViking kubva kumabvazuva. Hupenyu hwakaoma uye avo vanoshandisa rimwe simba vanozvishandisa nechibhakera chesimbi uye kazhinji vachipesana namambo pachake.
Munguva dzino dzinonetsa, hupenyu hutatu hunopindirana: mudiki anovaka ngarava Edgar, padanho rekutamba nemukadzi waanoda, anoziva kuti ramangwana rake richange rakasiyana zvakanyanya nezvaakange achifungidzira apo imba yake yakaparadzwa nemaViking; Ragna, mwanasikana anopandukira wemurume anokudzwa weNorman, anoperekedza murume wake kuenda kune imwe nyika mhiri kwegungwa kuti aone kuti tsika dziripo dzakasiyana zvine njodzi; uye Aldred, anofungidzira mumongi, zviroto zvekushandura abbey yake yekuzvininipisa kuita nzvimbo yekudzidza inoyemurwa muEurope yose. Vatatu ava vachazviwana vamirisana naBhishopi ane utsinye Wynstan, akatsunga kuwedzera simba rake chero zvodii.
Iyo huru tenzi yekuita uye yekufungidzira rondedzero inotitakura isu kuenda kune kwayedza yenguva yechisimba uye ine hutsinye uye kutanga kwenguva nyowani mune yakakurisa uye inonakidza ngano yekuda uye kukwikwidzana, kuzvarwa uye kufa, rudo uye ruvengo.
Iwe unogona ikozvino kutenga inoverengeka "Rima uye Kwayedza" naKen Follett, apa: