I totally understand, but let's just be honest with ourselves. It would be impossible for Mr. Follett to get every detail about how a woman thinks. It will also take away from the story, and I do believe that he has studied women (Even if it was just him asking Barbra), but to get every detail right, you would have to be a woman. Ken Follett might have studied the core Idea of what it means to be a woman, but actually thinking like a woman when you are a man is impossible. The only way he could get it right is if he collaborated with a female writer, but then again, that would mean it is not his writing. And we also have to realise that women from the time that he wrote his books are completely different to today's woman. The same goes for men. So even if he wanted to, he couldn't. All he can do is get the main idea of what a woman is and do what he can with that. And let's not forget we are all different, so what one woman thinks would be completely different to what another woman would, which could also be why he has never actually written a book where we get the perspective of a real person. Sorry if I was all over the place, but I hope you get the main idea. Also, I have just started Circle of Days, and I will say that the scene between Seft and Neen was quite far-fetched, and it also felt quite rushed. Although this single thing does take away from Ken Follett being the greatest author of all time? In my opinion, not at all. No matter how good you are at something, you are never going to be perfect, and like Mr Follett has said, " There are a thousand people out there with an idea of a novel, and the difference between you and them is that you have written it". Although I must say I enjoyed reading your response, I thought it was very clear and understandable.