11/22/63 "the work of a master craftsman" but commented that "the wires go slack from time to time" and the book wanders from genre to genre, particularly in the middle. More pointedly, "Los Angeles Times" book critic David Ulin called the novel "a misguided effort in story and writing"; Ulin's primary criticism is the conceit of the story, which requires the reader to follow two plotlines simultaneously – historical fiction built upon the Kennedy assassination as well as the tale of a time traveling English teacher – which adds a page load to the novel that Ulin found excessive. On September
Cultural depictions of Stephen, King of England screen. He was played by Frederick Treves in the 1978 BBC TV series "The Devil's Crown", which dramatised the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John, and by Michael Grandage in "One Corpse Too Many," the first episode of the television adaptation of the "Cadfael" novels (1994). Stephen is portrayed in Ken Follett's #1 "New York Times" Bestseller "The Pillars of the Earth" (1990). He only appears a few times in the historical fiction novel, and is depicted as more of warrior than a king. The novel was re-released in 2010 and subsequently made into a mini-series, "The Pillars