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WINTER OF THE WORLD

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1558. Noch immer wacht die altehrwurdige Kathedrale von Kingsbridge uber die Stadt. Doch die ist im Widerstreit zwischen Katholiken und Protestanten zutiefst gespalten. Freundschaft, Loyalitat, Liebe ... nichts scheint mehr von Bedeutung zu sein. Die wahren Feinde sind dabei nicht die rivalisierenden Konfessionen. Der eigentliche Kampf wird zwischen denen ausgefochten, die an Toleranz und Verstandigung glauben, und den Tyrannen, die ihre Ideen den anderen aufzwingen wollen - koste es, was es wolle.Ned Willard wunscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als Margery Fitzgerald zu heiraten. Doch der Konflikt entzweit auch sie, und Will verlasst Kingsbridge, um fur die protestantische Prinzessin Elizabeth Tudor zu arbeiten. Als diese wenig spater Konigin wird, wendet sich ganz Europa gegen England. Um in dieser heiklen Situation fruh vor Mordkomplotten, Aufstanden und Angriffen der konkurrierenden Machte gewarnt zu sein, baut die scharfsinnige Monarchin mit Neds Hilfe den ersten Geheimdienst des Landes auf. Die kleine Gruppe geschickter Spione und mutiger Geheimagenten ermoglicht es Elizabeth I. in den nachsten funfzig Jahren, an ihrem Thron und ihren Prinzipien festzuhalten. Die Liebe zwischen Ned und Margery scheint jedoch verloren zu sein, denn von Edinburgh bis Genf steht ganz Europa in Flammen ...

The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End now continues with Ken Follett''s magnificent, gripping A Column of Fire.Young Will Willard is coming home to Kingsbridge at Christmas as A Column of Fire opens. The year 1558 will turn Will''s life upside-down and change Europe forever.The ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn by religious hatred. High principles clash bloodily with friendship, loyalty and love. Will finds himself on the opposite side from the girl he longs to marry, Margery Fitzgerald.When Elizabeth Tudor becomes queen, all of 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.Waiting in Paris is the alluring, headstrong Mary Queen of Scots, part of a brutally ambitious French family. Proclaimed the rightful ruler of England, she has her own supporters scheming to get rid of Elizabeth.Will Willard hunts the slippery, enigmatic Jean Langlais, not knowing that the false name hides a childhood classmate who knows him all too well.Over a turbulent half-century, the love between Will and Margery seems doomed, as extremism sparks violence from Edinburgh to Geneva. Elizabeth clings precariously 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.

The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End now continues with Ken Follett's magnificent, gripping new story. Young Will Willard is coming home to Kingsbridge at Christmas as A Column of Fire opens. The year 1558 will turn Will's life upside-down and change Europe for ever. The ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn by religious hatred. High principles clash bloodily with friendship, loyalty and love. Will finds himself on the opposite side from the girl he longs to marry, Margery Fitzgerald. When Elizabeth Tudor becomes queen, all of 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. Waiting in Paris is the alluring, headstrong Mary Queen of Scots, part of a brutally ambitious French family. Proclaimed the rightful ruler of England, she has her own supporters scheming to get rid of Elizabeth. Will Willard hunts the slippery, enigmatic Jean Langlais, not knowing that the false name hides a childhood classmate who knows him all too well. Over a turbulent half-century, the love between Will and Margery seems doomed, as extremism sparks violence from Edinburgh to Geneva. Elizabeth clings precariously 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

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 história. Recheado de suspense, corrupção, ambição e romance, Os Pilares da Terra é decididamente a obra-prima de um autor que já vendeu 90 milhões de livros em todo o mundo. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

World Without End is the sequel to Ken Folletts international bestseller The P illars of the Earth. It takes place in the same town, Kingsbridge, and features the descendants of the Pillars of the Earth characters who are alive two centuries later. Esta una continuacion del exito de ventas internacional "Pillars of the Earth". Tiene lugar en la misma localidad, Kingsbridge, y nos narra la historia de los descendientes de los protagonistas de "Pillars of the Earth" que viven dos siglos despues.

Ex-flic devenue chef de la sécurité d’Oxenford Medical, Antonia Gallo craint le pire. Entre les mains de terroristes, le Madoba-2 peut devenir l’une des armes biologiques les plus efficaces qui soit,

E' il 1327. Il giorno di Ognissanti quattro bambini si allontanano di nascosto dal priorato di Kingsbridge e assistono per caso nella foresta all'omicidio di due uomini. Da allora le vite di questi ragazzi saranno indissolubilmente legate tra loro e, una volta adulti, conosceranno amore, avidità, ambizione e vendetta. Vivranno momenti di prosperità e carestia, malattia e guerra. Ma su ciascuno resterà l'ombra di quell'inspiegabile delitto di cui furono testimoni in quel fatidico giorno della loro infanzia. Da quasi vent'anni il romanzo "I pilastri della terra" continua ad appassionare milioni di lettori nel mondo, con un successo senza precedenti. Ken Follett ritorna ora al Medioevo ambientando "Mondo senza fine" due secoli dopo la costruzione della cattedrale gotica di Kingsbridge, sullo sfondo di un lento ma inesorabile mutamento - che rivoluzionerà tanto le arti quanto le scienze - in cui ci si lascia alle spalle il buio e si cominciano a intravedere i primi bagliori di una nuova epoca.

Mais do que um thriller, é uma história cheia de ação. E se isto pudesse mesmo acontecer? Um oásis no deserto do Sara, um lago que começa a diminuir. Um drone do Exército americano roubado. Uma ilha

In a brutal world, charismatic rebel miner Mack McAsh - a slave by birth - is a man with the courage to stand up for what is right, and the strength to stick by his beliefs. Independent, rebellious Lizzie Hallim, meanwhile, is engaged to Jay Jamisson, the ruthless landlord's son and heir to an exploitative business empire. Born into separate worlds, Mack and Lizzie are thrown together when Mack becomes an enemy of the state and is forced to flee his homeland. Lizzie aids his escape, and it is not long before passions rage in the old world as well as the new ...Set in an era of turbulent ...

Edge of Eternity is the epic, final novel in Ken Follett's captivating and hugely ambitious Century trilogy. On its own or read in sequence with Fall of Giants and Winter of the World, this is an irresistible and spellbinding epic about the fight for personal freedom set during the Cold War. A FIGHT AGAINST INJUSTICE 1961, and in the United States George Jakes, a bright young lawyer in the Kennedy administration and fierce supporter of the civil rights movement, boards a Greyhound bus in Washington with Verena, an employee of Martin Luther King whom he is in love with, to protest against segregation. A RISING TIDE OF DANGER In East Germany, teacher Rebecca Hoffmann finds her entire life has been a lie as she is targeted by the secret police, even as her younger brother, Walli, dreams of escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain. In Russia, activist Tania Dvorkin narrowly evades capture for producing an illegal news-sheet, her actions all the more perilous because her brother, Dimka, is an emerging star of the Communist Party. A COLD WAR THAT COULD ELIMINATE THE WORLD FOREVER In a sweeping tale that began in 1911, the descendants of five families will now find their true destiny as they fight for their individual freedom in a world facing the mightiest clash of superpowers it has ever seen.