England im Jahre 1327. Es ist der Tag nach Allerheiligen. In der Stadt Kingsbridge trifft sich im Schatten der Kathedrale das Volk. Vier Kinder flüchten vor dem Trubel in den nahe gelegenen Wald. Dort werden sie Zeugen eines Kampfes und eines tödlichen Geheimnisses. Merthin, ein Nachfahre von Jack Builder, dem Erbauer der Kathedrale, hat dessen Genie und rebellische Natur geerbt. Sein starker Brud
England im Jahre 1327. Es ist der Tag nach Allerheiligen. In der Stadt Kingsbridge trifft sich im Schatten der Kathedrale das Volk. Vier Kinder flüch...
"This book is truly epic. . . . The reader will probably wish there was a thousand more pages." --The Huffington Post
Picking up where Fall of Giants, the first novel in the extraordinary Century Trilogy, left off, Winter of the World follows its five interrelated families--American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh--through a time of enormous social, political, and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the Third Reich, through the great dramas of World War II, and into the beginning of the long Cold War. Carla von Ulrich, born of German and...
"This book is truly epic. . . . The reader will probably wish there was a thousand more pages." --The Huffington Post
Ken Follett's extraordinary historical epic, the Century Trilogy, reaches its sweeping, passionate conclusion. In Fall of Giants and Winter of the World, Ken Follett followed the fortunes of five international families--American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh--as they made their way through the twentieth century. Now they come to one of the most tumultuous eras of all: the 1960s through the 1980s, from civil rights, assassinations, mass political movements, and Vietnam to the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, presidential impeachment, revolution--and rock...
Ken Follett's extraordinary historical epic, the Century Trilogy, reaches its sweeping, passionate conclusion. In Fall of Giants and...
#1 New York Times Bestseller Oprah's Book Club Selection If you liked the Century Trilogy, you'll love the "extraordinary . . . monumental masterpiece" (Booklist) that changed the course of Ken Follett's already phenomenal career. "Follett risks all and comes out a clear winner," extolled Publishers Weekly on the release of The Pillars of the Earth. A departure for the bestselling thriller writer, the historical epic stunned readers and critics alike with its ambitious scope and gripping humanity. Today, it stands as a testament to Follett's...
#1 New York Times Bestseller Oprah's Book Club Selection If you liked the Century Trilogy, you'll love the "extraordinary . . . monu...
