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Paper Money is a gripping novel of high-finance and underworld villainy from the masterful Ken Follett. Will reporters uncover the web of criminality at the heart of two seemingly unconnected crimes? Several Daring Crimes London. A politician wakes with a beautiful girl; a criminal briefs his...

The Key to Rebecca is a gripping espionage thriller set during the Second World War, from master storyteller and author of The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett. A Ruthless Spy 1942. Alex Wolff’s goal is Cairo. Following a relentless trek across the scorching Sahara, he arrives in the city...

At the outbreak of the Second World War, a mismatched group of passengers flee across the Atlantic to escape Britain and – thousands of feet in the air – find themselves facing grave danger. Night Over Water is a masterful historical thriller from Ken Follett. The Eve of War Britain has just...

Code to Zero is a fast-paced thriller about the satellite space race in the Cold War, from the master of suspense and author of The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett. A Man with No Memory A man wakes up to find himself lying on the ground in a railway station, his mind stripped bare of all...

Eye of the Needle, Ken Follett's historical thriller, is a heart-racingly exciting tale about the fate of the war resting in the hands of a master spy, his opponent and one brave woman. Victory Hangs in the Balance 1944. In the weeks leading up to D-Day the Allies are disguising their invasion...

Read by Richard Armitage (The Hobbit, Spooks) The Man From St Petersburg is a dark tale of family secrets and political consequences. Ken Follett's masterful storytelling brings to life the danger of a world on the brink of war. A Secret Negotiation 1914. Tensions are rising as Europe finds...

Triple is the story of the most successful espionage coup of the twentieth century. This taut espionage thriller comes from the master of the genre, Ken Follett. A Frightening Discovery 1968. The fledgling nation of Israel is threatened when the intelligence services find out that Egypt is only...

The first in Ken Follett's breathtaking Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a captivating 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. A World in Chaos 1911, a thirteen-year-old boy, Billy...

A chilling story of hidden evil, The Third Twin is a heart-stopping, spine-tingling novel from master storyteller and author of Never, Ken Follett. An Impossible Result Jeannie Ferrami, a scientific researcher investigating the behaviour of identical twins who have been raised separately...

Jackdaws by Ken Follett is an irresistible novel of the French Resistance, love, courage and revenge set in the Second World War, read by Emilia Fox, who expertly brings the story to life. A Failed Mission Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance try to destroy a telephone exchange vital to...

Escócia, 1766. Condenado à miséria e à escravidão nas brutais minas de carvão, Mack McAsh inveja os homens livres, mas nunca teve esperança de ser como eles. Até que um dia ele recebe a carta de um advogado londrino que lhe revela a ilegalidade da escravidão dos mineiros e um novo horizonte se abre aos seus olhos. Porém, para realizar seu sonho, Mack precisará enfrentar todo tipo de opressão das autoridades que não estão acostumadas a serem questionadas. Mack logo descobre que se trata de uma mera mudança de continente, não de ares sociais.

April 1944. Vor der schottischen Küste wartet ein deutsches U-Boot auf einen Spion. Man nennt ihn "Die Nadel". Er hat bereits viermal getötet. Zwischen ihm und seinem Erfolg steht nur noch Rose, eine junge Engländerin. Doch wie soll eine junge Frau, hin- und hergerissen zwischen Pflicht und lang verdrängter Leidenschaft, einem Mann widerstehen, der zu allem bereit ist, um sein Ziel zu erreichen?

Abridged edition. Code to Zero is a fast-paced thriller about the satellite space race in the Cold War, from the master of suspense and author of The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett. A Man with No Memory A man wakes up to find himself lying on the ground in a railway station, his mind stripped...

Willkommen zurück in KINGSBRIDGE! Mit seinem neuesten Werk läutet Ken Follett für die Menschen in Kingsbridge eine neue Ära ein. Eine Ära, in der Tradition und Fortschritt aufeinanderprallen, Klassenkämpfe in alle Teile der Gesellschaft vordringen und der gesamte Kontinent von einem erbitterten Krieg erfasst wird: die Zeit der Industrialisierung England 1770. Mit Erfindung der "Spinning Jenny" bricht eine neue Ära der Fertigung und Industrie an. Innerhalb nur einer Generation verändert die Webmaschine das Leben der Menschen grundlegend. Die Welt ist in Unruhe, auch in Kingsbridge.

Reims, maggio 1944. Un gruppo di partigiani tenta l'assalto al castello di Sainte-Cécile, centro nevralgico dei collegamenti tra le forze di occupazione tedesche. L'attacco viene respinto ma il cinico maggiore Dieter Frank si rende conto di trovarsi di fronte avversari pronti a tutto. Tra loro c'è una donna, l'agente dello spionaggio inglese Flick Clairet. Soprannominata "Pantera", Flick unisce al fisico minuto e sensuale una determinazione e un'audacia fuori dal comune.

Esta magnífica novela explora las corruptas interrelaciones entre el crimen organizado, las altas finanzas y el periodismo. La acción se desarrolla a lo largo de un día normal en la sede de un periódico londinense.

Den dygtige flintbryder Seft vandrer over sletten i den trykkende højsommervarme for at overvære de ritualer, der markerer begyndelsen på et nyt år. Joias vision om en storslået stenkreds forener Seft og Joia i et ambitiøst projekt, der bliver deres livs største bedrift. Men efterhånden som tørken ødelægger jorden, vokser spændingerne mellem hyrder, bønder og skovfolk – og en brutal voldshandling fører til åben krig.

Il romanzo epico della costruzione di Stonehenge, ancora oggi uno dei più grandi misteri del mondo. Un cavatore di selce con un dono. Una sacerdotessa che crede nell'impossibile. Un monumento che definirà una civiltà. Seft, un giovane e abile cavatore di selce, attraversa la Grande Pianura sotto il sole cocente per assistere insieme al padre e ai due fratelli ai rituali che segnano l'inizio di un nuovo anno.

Ken Follett’s magnificent new historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An...

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...