OS PILARES DA TERRA "Uma obra-prima que sabe sustentar o suspense. Os pilares da terra é um quebra-cabeça hipnotizante, um verdadeiro triunfo de um talento extraordinário." – Booklist "Uma história épica brilhante, recheada de personagens inacreditavelmente vívidos que atravessam os séculos e despertam todas as emoções humanas – amor e ódio, lealdade e traição, esperança e desespero. Mergulhe nesse romance e veja por si mesmo." – Cosmopolitan "Maravilhoso e fascinante. Você será capturado por esse livro e não conseguirá mais largá-lo." – Chicago Sun-Times "Uma montanha-russa de sensações, com um ritmo impecável, muita ação, intrigas, violência e paixão. Um livro que diverte, instrui e satisfaz como poucos." – Publishers Weekly "Sensacional e cheio de detalhes, com uma narrativa dinâmica e cativante. Um thriller histórico maravilhoso e contado de forma magistral." – Chicago Tribune MUNDO SEM FIM "Um maravilhoso épico sobre a Inglaterra medieval. Altamente estimulante." – The Washington Post "Um imenso elenco de personagens realmente memoráveis. Apesar de ser tentador, este não é um livro para ser devorado de uma vez só, mas saboreado por todo o drama, profundidade e riqueza." – Library Journal COLUNA DE FOGO "Ken Follet é perito em planos astuciosos e detalhes incríveis." – Time "Coluna de fogo finalmente dá seguimento à saga que se tornou uma verdadeira referência entre os romances históricos, uma das obras mais lidas e amadas da literatura contemporânea." – El Mundo "Follett é um mestre." – The Washington Post "Follett guia a narrativa pelos corredores da história. A rainha Elizabeth, sir Francis Walsingham, espião-chefe do serviço secreto inglês, Francis Drake e toda a armada espanhola desfilam por suas páginas. Os fãs do autor sabem o que esperar e não ficarão decepcionados." – Kirkus Reviews "Sucesso de todas as formas possíveis." – The Huffington Post "Ken Follett sabe como tecer uma história fascinante, com personagens complexos, que todo ator sonha interpretar." – Donald Sutherland, astro de Os pilares da terra
Author
Ken Follett is one of the world’s most successful authors. Over 170 million copies of the 36 books he has written have been sold in over 80 countries and in 33 languages. Born on June 5th, 1949 in Cardiff, Wales, the son of a tax inspector, Ken was educated at state schools and went on to graduate from University College, London, with an Honours degree in Philosophy – later to be made a Fellow of the College in 1995. He started his career as a reporter, first with his hometown newspaper the South Wales Echo and then with the London Evening News. Subsequently, he worked for a small London publishing house, Everest Books, eventually becoming Deputy Managing Director. Ken’s first major success came with the publication of Eye of the Needle in 1978. A World War II thriller set in England, this book earned him the 1979 Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. It remains one of Ken’s most popular books. In 1989, Ken’s epic novel about the building of a medieval cathedral, The Pillars of the Earth, was published. It reached number one on best-seller lists everywhere and was turned into a major television series produced by Ridley Scott, which aired in 2010. World Without End, the sequel to The Pillars of the Earth, proved equally popular when it was published in 2007. Ken’s new book, The Evening and the Morning, will be published in September 2020. It is a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth and is set around the year 1,000, when Kingsbridge was an Anglo-Saxon settlement threatened by Viking invaders. Ken has been active in numerous literacy charities and was president of Dyslexia Action for ten years. He was chair of the National Year of Reading, a joint initiative between government and businesses. He is also active in many Stevenage charities and is President of the Stevenage Community Trust and Patron of Home-Start Hertfordshire. Ken, who loves music almost as much as he loves books, is an enthusiastic bass guitar player. He lives in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, with his wife Barbara, the former Labour Member of Parliament for Stevenage. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren and two Labradors.
