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997 na Christus. Engeland wordt van twee kanten belaagd, in het westen door Wales en in het oosten door de Vikingen. Gerechtigheid is ver te zoeken en geweld en wetteloosheid zijn aan de orde van de dag. De koning staat machteloos en de chaos regeert. In deze turbulente tijden raken de levens van drie mensen onlosmakelijk verbonden met elkaar en met een klein gehucht dat later Kingsbridge zal worden genoemd. Het dorp van een jonge botenbouwer wordt geplunderd door de Vikingen en hij vlucht met zijn familie naar een ander dorp om daar een nieuw leven op te bouwen.

Tag med på en enestående rejse 1000 år tilbage i tiden - til en periode med kærlighed og ære, vold og ambitioner, drømme og håb. ÅRET ER 997. England befinder sig på tærsklen til middelalderen, og landet er under angreb fra alle sider. Kongens greb om landet er svækket, de magtfulde udnytter de svageste, og blodsudgydelser hører hverdagen til. I denne kaotiske ufredstid følger vi tre personer, som alle forsøger at forfølge deres drømme: en ung bådebygger, en normannisk komtesse og en fremsynet munk.

"Lysets våben" foregår i den lille fiktive by Kingsbridge i slutningen af det 18. århundrede og følger flere familier og mennesker, hvis liv bliver vendt på hovedet af industrialiseringen og alle de nye maskiner og den mekanik, der påvirker erhvervslivet og dagligdagen. Det fører til opgør, strejker, voldelig modstand og tvangsrekruttering til militæret. Den industrielle revolutions stridigheder og brutalitet intensiveres af en 23 år lang krig mellem Storbritannien og Frankrig – en krig, der når sit klimaks i slaget ved Waterloo.

Følg personerne fra "GIGANTERNES FALD" og deres børn i de dramatiske år omkring 2. verdenskrig. En storslået historisk fortælling fortalt gennem gribende familieskæbner, om kampen for frihed og demokrati, om krig og kærlighed. "VERDENS VINTER" er andet bind i Ken Folletts store trilogi om det 20. århundrede fortalt gennem fem familier - to engelske, en tysk, en russisk og en amerikansk. Børnene fra "GIGANTERNES FALD" er nu næsten voksne, og vi følger dem og deres forældre i årene omkring Depressionen, Den spanske borgerkrig og 2. verdenskrig - tæt på magtens centrum, på slagmarkerne og i kampen for overlevelse hjemme i byerne.

In the course of her work, scientist Jeannie Ferrami stumbles across a baffling mystery: Steve and Dan appear to be identical twins, but were born on different days, to different mothers. A law student and a convicted murderer, they seem a world apart, but as Jeannie begins to fall in love with Steve, she finds her professional and personal future threatened. Steve is accused of a terrible crime, and Jeannie is forced to question just how different the two men really are.

A man wakes up to find himself lying on the ground in a railway station, his mind stripped bare of all recollection. He has no idea how he got there. He does not even know his own name. Convinced he is a drunken down and out, it isn't until a newspaper report about a satellite launch catches his eye that he begins to suspect all is not what it seems.

From the title story, Death at Sea, in which the alleged manslaughter of an engineer upon a fishing trawler leads Inspector Montalbano to uncover an even more sinister crime, Andrea Camilleri takes his listeners through eight cunning cases from the Vigàtan police files. Starting with an arson attack on a hotel that leaves the distraught owner as the chief suspect; to the mysterious case of a woman who goes missing in an underpass with a million lira in her handbag; to a threat on Montalbano’s own life, as an anonymous motorcyclist takes a shot at the detective.

A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress leads to lifelong health problems and what we can do to break the cycle. A pioneer in the field of medicine, TED Talk speaker and subject of a New Yorker profile, Dr Nadine Burke Harris is leading a movement to transform the way we respond to the public health crisis of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress that dramatically impacts our health and longevity.

Kihrin D’Mon is a wanted man after killing the Emperor of Quur - and not in a good way. So he heads for Jorat, to find the fourth person named in prophesy, who will either save or damn the world. He meets Janel Theranon, who claims she already knows him. And she wants Kihrin’s help in saving Jorat’s capital from a dragon, who can be slain only with his sword’s magic. Unwittingly, Kirin also finds himself at the centre of a rebellion. One which puts him in direct opposition to Relos Var, his old enemy.

Chicago, 1954. When his father, Montrose, goes missing, 22-year-old army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his uncle George - publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide - and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhite - heir to the estate that owned one of Atticus’ ancestors - they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales George devours.

With a mind sharper than a razor blade it was only a matter of time before Ruby Darke fought her way to the top. From humble beginnings she became the queen of London’s retail, but she didn’t get there by obeying the law. Now, with her son Kit and daughter Daisy finally by her side, she’s ready to start a new chapter in her life, but, unknown to all of them, enemies are circling. There aren’t many who threaten Ruby Darke and live to tell the tale. But this time, she may just have met her match. If you live on the edge, you may just die on it....

Kihrin grew up on tales of long-lost princes and grand quests - despite being raised in a brothel, making money as a musician and street thief. One day he overreaches by targeting an absent noble’s mansion, hunting for jewels. There he witnesses a prince performing a terrifying dark-magic ritual. Kihrin flees, but he’s marked by a demon, and his life will never be the same again. That night also leads to him being claimed as a lost son of that prince’s royal house. But far from living the dream, Kihrin finds himself practically a prisoner.

Modigliani. Unarguably one of the greatest artists who ever lived. Modigliani's women. Those elongated, haunting figures, as eternally provocative as the Mona Lisa. And Modigliani's missing masterpiece. A priceless lost treasure - or a chillingly dangerous game? In Ken Follett's gripping thriller The Modigliani Scandal, up and coming artist Peter Usher has still to exhibit anywhere, still to make even the most modest mark on the London art scene.

It is June 1941 and Denmark is under German occupation. On the rocky coast of Denmark, two brothers, Harald and Arne Olufsen, starkly different in nature, unite in an effort to overcome the Nazis. A disused Hornet Moth biplane is their only means of getting a vital message to the British.

Als die Polizei Steve festnimmt und ihm eine Vergewaltigung zur Last legt, glaubt er zunächst an ein Missverständnis. Doch das Opfer identifiziert ihn eindeutig, und auch der DNS-Test ist positiv. Niemand scheint Steve zu glauben - nur Jeannie Ferrami, eine engagierte junge Zwillingsforscherin, die vermutet, dass Steve einen Doppelgänger haben könnte. Je mehr Jeannie aber über Steves geheimnisvolle Herkunft herausfindet, desto stärker gerät sie unter Druck. Hinter Steve und seinem Doppelgänger erscheinen weitere schattenhafte Gestalten.

When Jane is caught in a deadly love triangle between rival spies Ellis and Jean-Pierre, she becomes entangled in a web of lust, hatred and deception, which sweeps all three of them from terrorist conspiracies in Paris to all-out guerrilla warfare in Afghanistan. Jean-Pierre and Jane marry and go to work as doctors in the Valley of the Five Lions to help the rebels fighting for their freedom against the Russians. Confronted by extreme violence and danger, Jane desperately tries to get out of the line of fire. Then help comes, unexpectedly, in the form of her husband's greatest enemy....

The saga that has enthralled the millions of fans of The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End now continues with Ken Follett's magnificent, gripping A Column of Fire. Christmas 1558, and young Ned Willard returns home to Kingsbridge to find his world has changed. The ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn by religious hatred. Europe is in turmoil as high principles clash bloodily with friendship, loyalty and love.

"Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance attack a chateau containing a telephone exchange vital to German communications. But the building is heavily guarded, and the attack fails disastrously. Flick Clairet, a young British secret agent, proposes a daring new plan: she will parachute into France with an all-woman team known as the ""Jackdaws"", and they will penetrate the chateau in disguise."

Born of his admiration for an an iconic cathedral and how it has influenced his own work, this short book about Notre Dame’s history is Ken Follett’s contribution to the fund created to help rebuild it, a fund that will increase with every sale that is made of the book. Ken Follett will be donating 100 percent of his royalties to the charity La Fondation du Patrimoine.

It is June 1941 and Denmark is under German occupation. On the rocky coast of Denmark, two brothers, Harald and Arne Olufsen, starkly different in nature, unite in an effort to overcome the Nazis. A disused Hornet Moth biplane is their only means of getting a vital message to the British.