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Number-one New York Times best-seller.Absorbing...impossible to resist. (The Washington Post)As Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? Number-one New York Times best-selling author Ken Follett takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with his magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. A thrilling listen that makes the perfect gift for the holidays. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and Protestants, royalty and commoners clash, testing friendship, loyalty, and love. Ned Willard wants nothing more than to marry Margery Fitzgerald. But when the lovers find themselves on opposing sides of the religious conflict dividing the country, Ned goes to work for Princess Elizabeth. When she becomes queen, all Europe turns against England. The shrewd, determined young monarch sets up the country's first secret service to give her early warning of assassination plots, rebellions, and invasion plans. Over a turbulent half century, the love between Ned and Margery seems doomed as extremism sparks violence from Edinburgh to Geneva. Elizabeth clings to her throne and her principles, protected by a small, dedicated group of resourceful spies and courageous secret agents. The real enemies, then as now, are not the rival religions. The true battle pitches those who believe in tolerance and compromise against the tyrants who would impose their ideas on everyone else - no matter what the cost. Set during one of the most turbulent and revolutionary times in history, A Column of Fire is one of Follett's most exciting and ambitious works yet. It will delight longtime fans of the Kingsbridge series and is the perfect introduction for listeners new to Ken Follett.

Torna el millor Follett amb l'emocionant cinquena entrega de la saga Els pilars de la Terra. El xoc de progres i tradició i una guerra que amenaça d'engolir tota Europa a la mes ambiciosa i epica novel·la del mestre de la ficcio historica. La revolucio es a l'aire 1792. Un govern tiranic esta decidit a convertir Anglaterra en un poderos imperi comercial. Mentrestant, Napoleo Bonaparte comença el seu ambicios ascens al poder i, enmig d'un gran descontent social, els vens de França es mantenen en maxima alerta. Kingsbridge treu el cap a l'abisme Les innovacions industrials s'imposen de manera implacable, sacsejant les vides dels treballadors de les prosperes fabriques textils de Kingsbridge. S'obre un mon de noves i alliberadores oportunitats pero, lligat a la crueltat mes despietada. La rapida modernitzacio amb les seves flamants pero perilloses maquinaries esta deixant obsolets molts treballs i esquinçant les families. Una nova tirania sorgeix a l'horitzo I a mesura que l'esclat d'un conflicte internacional sembla cada cop mes a prop, la historia d'un petit grup de persones de Kingsbridge incloent-hi la filera Sal Clitheroe, el teixidor David Shoveller i Kit, l'enginyos i d

Ken Follett regresa al thriller con una vertiginosa novela que imagina lo inimaginable. En el desierto del Sáhara, dos agentes de inteligencia siguen la pista a un poderoso grupo terrorista arriesgando sus vidas -y, cuando se enamoran perdidamente, sus carreras- a cada paso. En China, un alto cargo del gobierno con grandes ambiciones batalla contra los viejos halcones del ala dura del Partido que amenazan con empujar al pais a un punto de no retorno.Y en Estados Unidos, la presidenta se enfrenta a una crisis global y al asedio de sus implacables oponentes politicos. Esta dispuesta a todo para evitar una guerra innecesaria. Pero cuando un acto de agresion conduce a otro y las potencias mas poderosas del mundo se ven atrapadas en una compleja red de alianzas de la que no pueden escapar, comienza una frenetica carrera contrarreloj. ¿Podra alguien, incluso con las mejores intenciones y las mas excepcionales habilidades, detener lo inevitable?Nunca es un thriller extraordinario, lleno de heroinas y villanos, falsos profetas, agentes de elite, politicos desencantados y cinicos revolucionarios. Follett envia un mensaje de advertencia para nuestros tiempos en una historia intensa y trepidante que transporta a los le

Ken Follett regresa al thriller con una vertiginosa novela que imagina lo inimaginable. En el desierto del Sáhara, dos agentes de inteligencia siguen la pista a un poderoso grupo terrorista arriesgando sus vidas -y, cuando se enamoran perdidamente, sus carreras- a cada paso. En China, un alto cargo del gobierno con grandes ambiciones batalla contra los viejos halcones del ala dura del Partido que amenazan con empujar al pais a un punto de no retorno.Y en Estados Unidos, la presidenta se enfrenta a una crisis global y al asedio de sus implacables oponentes politicos. Esta dispuesta a todo para evitar una guerra innecesaria. Pero cuando un acto de agresion conduce a otro y las potencias mas poderosas del mundo se ven atrapadas en una compleja red de alianzas de la que no pueden escapar, comienza una frenetica carrera contrarreloj. ¿Podra alguien, incluso con las mejores intenciones y las mas excepcionales habilidades, detener lo inevitable?Nunca es un thriller extraordinario, lleno de heroinas y villanos, falsos profetas, agentes de elite, politicos desencantados y cinicos revolucionarios. Follett envia un mensaje de advertencia para nuestros tiempos en una historia intensa y trepidante que transporta a los le

The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known . . . of Tom, the mason who becomes his architecta man divided in his soul . . . of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame . . . and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state and brother against brother. A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, this is Ken Folletts historical masterpiece.

El umbral de la eternidad cierra esta gran trilogía y la crónica de un siglo turbulento. En ella vivimos la historia íntima y personal de tres generaciones de cinco familias cuyas vidas estuvieron marcadas por dos guerras mundiales, la Revolucion rusa, la Guerra Civil española y la Guerra Fria, junto con los profundos cambios sociales que las acompañaron. Tercer volumen de la trilogia "The Century"En el año 1961 Rebecca Hoffmann, profesora en Alemania del Este y nieta de Lady Maud, descubrira que la policia secreta esta vigilandola. Mientras, su hermano menor, Walli, sueña con huir a Occidente para convertirse en musico de rock. Por otro lado, Georges Jakes, un joven abogado que trabaja con los hermanos Kennedy, es un activista del movimiento por los derechos civiles de los negros en Estados Unidos que participara en las protestas de los estados del Sur y en la marcha sobre Washigton liderada por Martin Luther King. En Rusia las inclinaciones politicas enfrentan a los hermanos Tania y Dimka Dvorkin. Este se convierte en una de las jovenes promesas del Kremlin mientras su hermana entrara a formar parte de un grupo activista que promueve la insurreccion. A traves de escenas impactantes y protagonistas fascinantes, Ken F

Taking the reader straight into the heart of late 18th century Europe and the Industrial and French Revolutions, the fifth novel in the ground-breaking Kingsbridge series, The Armour of Light, is No. 1 international bestseller Ken Folletts most ambitious novel to date. Epic, addictive and page-turning fiction at its very best.

Taking the reader straight into the heart of late 18th century Europe and the Industrial and French Revolutions, the fifth novel in the ground-breaking Kingsbridge series, The Armour of Light, is No. 1 international bestseller Ken Follettas most ambitious novel to date. Epic, addictive and page-turning fiction at its very best.

The historical saga that has enthralled millions of readers, Ken Follett's Kingsbridge Novels continue with World Without End.A childhood lost.1327 and four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. It is All Hallows Day and their lives are forever changed when they see two men-at-arms killed. At the behest of the man responsible they vow never to speak of it again.A never-forgotten secret.Lives forever entwined, one boy travels the world, one eye always on Kingsbridge; the other becomes a powerful, corrupt nobleman. One girl defies the might of the medieval church; whilst the other pursues an impossible love. As ambition, love, greed and revenge reign, those living under that long-ago days fateful shadow wait.

Un apasionante thriller belico de Ken Follett, autor best seller con más de 178 millones de ejemplares vendidos, en una edición especial Black Friday. En el año 1944 los aliados preparan en secreto una de las mayores operaciones militares de la historia: la invasion de la Europa ocupada por los nazis. Henry Faber, espia aleman, descubre que el desembarco se efectuara en Normadia e intenta llevar la noticia al Alto Mando aleman, pero nunca llegara a su destino...La critica ha dicho..."Una novela de espionaje del mas alto nivel."Baltimore Sun "Un suspense extraordinario con el que el corazon dara mil vuelcos y los nervios estaran a flor de piel."Los Angeles Times

OS DIREITOS AUTORAIS DESTE LIVRO SERÃO DOADOS PARA AJUDAR NA RECONSTRUÇÃO DA NOTRE-DAME. Contém trecho do livro inédito O crepúsculo e a aurora. KEN FOLLETT JÁ VENDEU MAIS DE 160 MILHÕES DE LIVROS NO

A Column of Fire: by Ken Follett | Conversation StartersA Column of Fire is the latest novel by author Ken Follett. Returning once again to Kingsbridge, England, A Column of Fire is the story of a country torn apart by religious intolerance. In 1558 England, Mary, Queen of Scots, who is better known as Bloody Mary is on the throne. She has ordered that all Protestants be murdered because of their religious beliefs. After her execution, her half sister, Elizabeth takes over the throne and promises to bring religious tolerance. Elizabeth is a Protestant, which turns all of Europe against England. Meanwhile, Ned Willard desperately wants to marry Margery Fitzgerald. Unfortunately, Ned is a Protestant while Margery is a Catholic, dooming their relationship.A Column of Fire by Ken Follett has become an international bestseller, as well as a number one bestseller for The New York Times. It has been called absorbing by The Washington Post.A Brief Look Inside:EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPERthan the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,and the characters and its world still live on.Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed tobring us beneath the surface of the pageand invite us into the world that lives on.These questions can be used to..Create Hours of Conversation: Foster a deeper understanding of the book Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before

By the 1860s, the Pilasters are one of the world's greatest banking families, with connections that reach from the City of London to far-afield colonies. However, as the family grow ever richer in the shadow of oppression and tragedy, their very future is threatened - by the self-same ambition and greed that first earned them their fortune. 'A full-blooded melodrama, complete with moustache-twirling villains, saintly heroes, wronged women, and a lot of plot' Irish Times 'Banks, brothels, and a high body count ...it's all there' Financial Times 'A compulsively readable, enjoyable thriller-cum-saga' Sunday Times

The perfect gift for the Ken Follett fan—a beautifully packaged, signed limited edition boxed set of his bestselling historical epic, The Century Trilogy.

I giorni dell'eternita e l'appassionante conclusione dell'epica trilogia "The Century", dedicata al Novecento, nella quale Ken Follett segue il destino di cinque famiglie legate tra loro: una americana, una tedesca, una russa, una inglese e una gallese. Dai palazzi del potere alle case della gente comune, le storie dei protagonisti si snodano e si intrecciano nel periodo che va dai primi anni Sessanta fino alla caduta del Muro di Berlino, passando attraverso eventi sociali, politici ed economici tra i piu drammatici e significativi del cosiddetto "Secolo breve": le lotte per i diritti civili in America, la crisi dei missili di Cuba, la Guerra fredda, le prime sfide per la conquista dello spazio come simbolo di superiorita tra le due superpotenze, gli omicidi dei fratelli Kennedy e di Martin Luther King, il Vietnam, lo scandalo del Watergate, ma anche i Beatles e la nascita del rock'n'roll. Quando Rebecca Hoffmann, insegnante della Germania Est, scopre di essere stata spiata per anni dalla Stasi prende una decisione che avra pesanti conseguenze sulla sua famiglia. In America, George Jakes, figlio di una coppia mista, rinuncia a una promettente carriera legale per entrare al dipartimento di Giustizia di Robert Kennedy e partecipa alla dura battaglia contro la segregazione razziale. Cameron Dewar, nipote di un senatore del Congresso, non si lascia scappare l'occasione di fare spionaggio per una causa in cui crede fermamente, ma solo per scoprire che il mondo e molto piu pericoloso di quanto pensi. Dimka Dvorkin, giovane assistente di Nikita Chru¿cev, diventa un personaggio di spicco proprio mentre Stati Uniti e Unione Sovietica si ritrovano sull'orlo di una crisi che sembra senza via d'uscita. I giorni dell'eternita e l'affascinante racconto di un'epoca ricca di svolte la cui eco si fa ancora sentire ai giorni nostri, gli anni della contestazione e dei grandi movimenti di massa, anni in cui la lotta per la supremazia tra blocco sovietico e blocco occidentale, con il pericolo ricorrente di un conflitto nucleare apocalittico, ha influenzato la vita di milioni di persone. Con il tocco di un vero maestro, Ken Follett ci porta in un mondo che pensavamo di conoscere, ma che ora non ci sembrera piu lo stesso.

An extraordinary secret . . .He could be your lover, your friend . . . or your killer.Scientist Jeannie Ferrami stumbles across a baffling mystery: Steve and Dan appear to be identical twins, but were born on different days, to different mothers. One is a law student, the other a convicted murderer. They seem a world apart, but as Jeannie begins to fall in love with Steve, she finds her professional - and personal - future threatened.But when Steve is accused of a terrible crime, Jeannie is forced to question just how unalike the two men really are. Together, she and Steve investigate and start to uncover buried secrets. But perhaps some secrets are best left alone . . .A thrilling, chilling story of hidden evil, The Third Twin is a heart-stopping, spine-tingling story from master of suspense, Ken Follett.