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Ken Follett uses his gift for storytelling to present a detailed account of the thriller's place in history and literature. Follett is the author of more than a dozen best-selling novels, including Eye of the Needle, The Pillars of the Earth, and Whiteout. He is also president of the Dyslexia Institute, a member of the National Literacy Trust, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

As the decisions made in the corridors of power bring the world to the brink of oblivion, five families from across the globe are brought together in an unforgettable tale of passion and conflict during the Cold War. When Rebecca Hoffmann, a teacher in East Germany, finds herself pursued by the secret police, she discovers that she has been living a lie. Her younger brother, Walli, longs to escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain to become part of the burgeoning music scene.

Il nuovo romanzo di Ken Follett costituirà una sorpresa per i suoi milioni di lettori. Per niente al mondo segna un cambio di rotta rispetto ai suoi romanzi storici. Ambientato ai giorni nostri narra di una crisi globale che minaccia di sfociare nella terza guerra mondiale, lasciando il lettore nell'incertezza fino all'ultima pagina. Più di un thriller, Per niente al mondo è un romanzo ricco di dettagli reali che si muove tra il cuore rovente del deserto del Sahara e le stanze inaccessibili del potere delle grandi capitali del mondo.

Five linked families live out their destinies as the world is shaken by tyranny and war in the mid-20th century. Berlin in 1933 is in upheaval. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on Germany. Into this turmoil step her mother’s formidable friend and former British MP, Ethel Leckwith, and her student son, Lloyd, who soon learns for himself the brutal reality of Nazism.

Kingsbridge, 1327. Quatre enfants sont les témoins d'une poursuite meurtrière dans les bois : un chevalier tue deux soldats au service de la reine, avant d'enfouir dans le sol une lettre mystérieuse, dont le secret pourrait bien mettre en danger la couronne d'Angleterre. Leurs quatre destinées s’en trouveront changées.

No deserto do Saara, dois agentes de inteligência de elite—um francês e uma americana—arriscam a própria vida enquanto seguem o rastro de um poderoso grupo de extremistas. Do outro lado do mundo, a primeira mulher a ocupar o cargo de presidente dos Estados Unidos faz de tudo para lidar diplomaticamente com ataques estrangeiros, comércio ilegal de armas e campanhas de difamação de um adversário populista. Mas, à medida que pequenos atos de violência se sucedem e começam a ganhar escala, o início de uma nova guerra mundial parece uma certeza.

Januari 1958, een donkere periode in de Koude Oorlog. De ruimtevaart staat nog in de kinderschoenen, maar op Cape Canaveral is de countdown begonnen voor de Explorer-raket, waarmee de VS de slag om de heerschappij van de ruimte hoopt te kunnen winnen van de Sovjet-Unie, die al beschikt over de Spoetnik. Vier vrienden van Harvard bevinden zich in het centrum van deze machtsstrijd. Ze beseffen allen dat het falen van de lancering van de Explorer rampzalige gevolgen voor de VS zal hebben. Een man ontwaakt op de vloer in de toiletten van het station van Washington D.C.

In this high-stakes caper set in the art world, anything goes. First, a young art student follows the trail of an undiscovered masterpiece by painter Modigliani. Then, 2 disgruntled artists plot to expose the hypocrisy of the art world. Finally, there is the ambitious owner of a new gallery, who will stop at nothing to assure the success of his enterprise.

En el año 1944 los aliados preparan en secreto una de las mayores operaciones militares de la historia: la invasión de la Europa ocupada por los nazis.

Seft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the rituals that signal the start of a new year. Joia, Neen's sister, is a priestess with a vision and an unmatched ability to lead. As a child, she watches the Midsummer ceremony, enthralled, and dreams of a miraculous new monument, raised from the biggest stones in the world. But trouble is brewing among the hills and woodlands of the Great Plain.

De l'émergence du IIIe Reich à l'aube de l'ère atomique, la grande aventure du XXe siècle telle que personne ne l'a jamais racontée. 1933, Hitler s'apprête à prendre le pouvoir : l'Allemagne entame les heures les plus sombres de son histoire et va entraîner le monde entier dans la barbarie et la destruction. Cinq familles de nationalités différentes, intimement liées, vont être emportées par le tourbillon de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Amours contrariées, douloureux secrets, tragédies, coups du sort.

Ein neuer Krieg zieht herauf... und drei Menschen müssen eine Entscheidung treffen: Die Welt in der Zeit zwischen zwei Kriegen: Die nachkommende Generation der Familien aus Ken Follets "Sturz der Titanen" erlebt im Hörbuch "Winter der Welt (Die Jahrhundert-Saga 2)" den Aufstieg der Nazis und formiert sich im Widerstand. Der Sprecher Philipp Schepmann lässt den historischen Roman für den Hörer lebendig werden.

Nach "Die Säulen der Erde" und "Die Tore der Welt" der neue große historische Kingsbridge-Roman des internationalen Bestsellerautors Ken Follett. Noch immer wacht die altehrwürdige Kathedrale von Kingsbridge über die Stadt. Doch die ist im Widerstreit zwischen Katholiken und Protestanten zutiefst gespalten. Freundschaft, Loyalität, Liebe... nichts scheint mehr von Bedeutung zu sein. Die wahren Feinde sind dabei nicht die rivalisierenden Konfessionen.

London, 1914: Über Europa ziehen dunkle Wolken auf. Fürst Orlow verhandelt im Auftrag des Zaren mit den Briten über eine Militärallianz gegen Deutschland. Felix Kschessinsky, jahrelang in zaristischen Lagern gefangen, weiß von der Mission.Sein Fazit: Orlow muß sterben. Sein Mordplan scheint zu glücken. Doch ehe Felix sein Opfer erreicht, hört er den Schrei einer Frau: Lydia - vor 19 Jahren in St. Petersburg war sie seine Geliebte ...

A huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women.It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London. Their destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to U.S.

England, 1123 - 1173. Eine Zeit blutiger Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Krone und Adel, Klerus und Volk. Der junge Prior Philip träumt von einem Zeichen des Friedens, einer gotischen Kathedrale. Doch bis dieser kühne Traum Wirklichkeit geworden ist und in Kingsbridge das großartige Gotteshaus endlich emporragt, müssen der Klosterherr, sein Baumeister Tom und die Grafentochter Aliena sich in einem Kampf auf Leben und Tod gegen ihre Widersacher behaupten.

Christmas 1558, and young Ned Willard returns home to Kingsbridge to find his world has changed. The ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn by religious hatred. Europe is in turmoil as high principles clash bloodily with friendship, loyalty and love, and Ned soon finds himself on the opposite side from the girl he longs to marry, Margery Fitzgerald. Then Elizabeth Tudor becomes queen and all of Europe turns against England.

Cap novel·la històrica no ha captivat la imaginació dels lectors tant com Els pilars de la Terra. La novel·la evoca de manera magistral la construcció de la catedral gòtica de Kingsbride, a Anglaterra, en el segle XIX. El temple es converteix en la clau d'una història absorbent i fascinant sobre la lluita pel poder, però també sobre la dura realitat de la vida d'en Tom Builder, mestre constructor, i la seva família.

1911, a thirteen-year-old boy, Billy Williams, begins working down the mines as George V is crowned king. The escalating arms race between the empire nations will put not only the king but this young boy in grave danger.

Il prequel de "I pilastri della Terra". 17 giugno 997. Non è ancora l'alba quando a Combe, sulla costa sudoccidentale dell'Inghilterra, il giovane costruttore di barche Edgar si prepara con trepidazione a fuggire di nascosto con la donna che ama. Ma i suoi piani vengono spazzati via in un attimo da una feroce incursione dei vichinghi, che mettono a ferro e fuoco la sua cittadina, distruggendo ogni cosa e uccidendo chiunque capiti loro a tiro. Edgar sarà costretto a partire con la sua famiglia per ricominciare tutto da capo nel piccolo e desolato villaggio di Dreng's Ferry.