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Londra 1914: l'impero britannico sta vivendo la sua ultima estate. La Germania si prepara alla guerra e l'Inghilterra cerca disperatamente alleati. Entrambe hanno bisogno della Russia. Lord Walden e Winston Churchill pianificano un'alleanza con lo zar, ma un uomo si infiltra in Inghilterra, deciso a lasciare un segno nella storia. E la polizia non ha molto tempo per scoprire chi può mettere l'Inghilterra in ginocchio.

The worldwide phenomenon from the bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, and A Column of Fire His code name was "The Needle." He was a German aristocrat of extraordinary intelligence-a master spy with a legacy of violence in his blood, and the object of the most desperate manhunt in history. . . . But his fate lay in the hands of a young and vulnerable English woman, whose loyalty, if swayed, would assure his f...

Medio Oriente, 1981. Tra i monti dell'Afghanistan si trova la Valle dei Cinque Leoni, un luogo di antiche leggende ora rifugio di Masud e dei suoi guerriglieri che combattono gli invasori sovietici. È qui che trovano compimento i destini incrociati di tre personaggi: un americano e un francese che al tempo della Guerra fredda hanno combattuto su opposti fronti, e Jane, la donna che li unisce e li divide.

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Het laatste deel in de magistrale Kingsbridge-saga, nu in voordelige midprice-editie Het eeuwige vuur is, met zijn setting in een van de meest turbulente en revolutionaire periodes in de Europese geschiedenis, een van Folletts spannendste en meest ambitieuze boeken ooit. Geknipt voor zowel nieuwe lezers als voor trouwe fans van de Kingsbridge-saga, die begon met de bestsellers Pilaren van de aarde en Brug naar de hemel. De pers over deKin...

#1 New York Times Bestseller In 1989, Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in twelfth-century England centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it affected. Critics were overwhelmed-"it will hold you, fascinate you, surround you" (Chicago Tribune)-and readers everywhere hoped for a sequel. Look out for the next book in this series, A Column of Fire, ...

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A breathtaking thriller featuring "political and amorous intrigues, cold-blooded murder, and financial crises" (San Francisco Chronicle), from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Column of FireIn 1866, tragedy strikes the exclusive Windfield School when a young student drowns in a mysterious accident. His death and its aftermath initiate a spiraling circle of treachery that will span three decades and entwine many lives. From the exc...

On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war. One boy will travel the world but come home in the end, the other will be a powerf...

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 architect, a 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, e...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Absorbing . . . impossible to resist." -The Washington PostAs Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? International bestselling 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. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power i...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Absorbing . . . impossible to resist." -The Washington PostAs Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? International bestselling 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. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power i...

The worldwide phenomenon from the bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, and A Column of Fire His code name was "The Needle." He was a German aristocrat of extraordinary intelligence-a master spy with a legacy of violence in his blood, and the object of the most desperate manhunt in history. . . . But his fate lay in the hands of a young and vulnerable English woman, whose loyalty, if swayed, would assure his f...

Cosa può legare un uomo politico che si risveglia accanto a una bellissima ragazza, un criminale che ambisce a conquistare il mondo della finanza e il proprietario di una grande azienda le cui fortune poggiano su traffici illegali? Apparentemente nulla. Almeno fino a che un giovane reporter non inizia a fare domande. E nel breve arco di una giornata si decidono e mutano fortune e destini.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The FBI doesn't believe it. The Governor wants the problem to disappear. But agent Judy Maddox knows the threat is real: An extreme group of eco-terrorists has the means and the know-how to set off a massive earthquake of epic proportions. For California, time is running out. Now Maddox is scrambling to hunt down a petty criminal turned cult leader turned homicidal mastermind. Because she knows that the dying has alre...

Sullo sfondo dei drammatici eventi scatenati dallo scoppio della Prima guerra mondiale e dalla Rivoluzione russa, i destini di cinque famiglie si intrecciano inesorabilmente attraverso due continenti. Dalle miniere di carbone del Galles ai candelabri scintillanti di palazzi sontuosi, dai corridoi della politica alle alcove dei potenti, da Washington a San Pietroburgo, da Londra a Parigi, il racconto si muove incessantemente fra drammi nascosti...

Num mundo dividido ao meio onde todos são forçados a tomar partido, Jane, uma corajosa jovem inglesa, vê-se envolvida num perigoso triângulo de amor, intriga e enganos. Depois de ter sido traída pelo homem que amava, rende-se ao atraente Jean-Pierre e juntos partem para o Afeganistão para ali ajudarem os resistentes na guerra contra o invasor russo. É ali, no vale dos Cinco Leões, num ambiente selvagem e inóspito onde grassam a violência e a m...

Sinopse: Na Inglaterra do século XII, Tom, um humilde pedreiro e mestre-de-obras, tem um sonho majestoso – construir uma imponente catedral, dotada de uma beleza sublime, digna de tocar os céus. E é na persecução desse sonho que com ele e a sua família vamos encontrando um colorido mosaico de personagens que se cruzam ao longo de gerações e cujos destinos se entrelaçam de formas misteriosas e surpreendentes, capazes de alterar o curso da histó...

Depois do extraordinário êxito de repercussão internacional alcançado pelo primeiro livro desta trilogia, A Queda dos Gigantes, retomamos a história no ponto onde a deixámos. A segunda geração das cinco famílias cujas vidas acompanhámos no primeiro volume assume pouco a pouco o protagonismo, a par de figuras históricas e no contexto das situações reais, desde a ascensão do Terceiro Reich, através da Guerra Civil de Espanha, durante a luta fero...