Ken Follett

"It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns. In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined: A young boatbuilder's life is turned upside down when the only home he's ever known is raided...

International bestselling author Ken Follett has enthralled millions of readers with The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, two stories of the Middle Ages set in the fictional city of Kingsbridge. The saga now continues with Follett's magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. 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...

This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II. It picks up right where the first book left off, and continues up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs. Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life...

January, 1958: America's best hope in the space race sits on the launch pad. When a man wakes up that morning only to discover his memory erased and his life in danger, the only way he can reclaim his identity, and find those responsible, is to remember the terrible secret that they forced him to forget. A secret that could destroy America's future.

In 18th Century Scotland, Mack MacAsh, a rebellious youth who tried to escape from a slave mine, is caught and deported in chains to America. On the same boat is the mine owner's son, travelling to his plantation in Virginia, and with him is his fiancee, Lizzie Hallim, who helped MacAsh escape. She and MacAsh will meet again and love will bloom.

Der Krieg ist zu Ende, doch die Welt ist noch immer in Aufruhr. In Berlin wird eine Mauer errichtet, die Ost und West trennt und Millionen Familien zerstört. Nicht alle finden sich damit ab - trotz der Gefahr für Leib und Leben. Zur gleichen Zeit kämpfen die Schwarzen in Amerika für ihre Bürgerrechte, und die USA und die Sowjetunion stürzen sich in eine Auseinandersetzung, die die Welt an den Rand der Katastrophe führt. Wem kann man noch trauen...

England 1123-1173, eine Zeit blutiger Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Krone und Adel, Klerus und Volk. Der junge Prior Philip träumt von einem Zeichen des Friedens, von einer gotischen Kathedrale. Doch bis der 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....

As England and Germany engage in battle, the world's most luxurious airline, takes off for its final flight to neutral America, but two ruthless passengers are determined to prevent the plane from reaching its destination.

His name was Feliks. He came to London to commt a murder that would change history. He had many weapons at his command, but the most dangerous were the love of a beautiful young woman longing for the end of innocence, and the passion of a high-born lady demanding satisfacton at any price. Against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brillant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself. These odds would have stopped any...