Ken Follett

"Pierwsza połowa XIV wieku to dla Anglii trudny okres. Zarazy dziesiątkujące ludność, wieloletnia wojna z Francją, walki o pieniądze i władzę, polowania na czarownice... Nawet rozwój nauki wydaje się nie sprzyjać poddanym Edwarda III, zagraża bowiem fundamentom religii, a zatem - fundamentom świata. Akcja ŚWIATA BEZ KOŃCA toczy się dwieście lat po rozpoczęciu budowy katedry w Kingsbridge. Bohaterowie są potomkami postaci, wokół...

"Englishmen know him as Faber, but to the Fatherland, he's the loyal and lethal spy known as 'The Needle.' On his way back to Germany, Faber is now shipwrecked on an island outpost where he befriends Lucy, a beautiful Englishwoman who lives there with her family. Lonely and scorned by her bitter, crippled husband, Lucy falls for the enigmatic stranger, not knowing that he's a traitor determined to prevent the D-Day invasion. But as their passion erupts,...

Thirteen-year-old Billy Williams enters a man's world in the Welsh mining pits. Gus Dewar finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson's White House. Brothers Grigori and Lev Peshkov embark on radically different paths when their plan to immigrate to America falls afoul. Billy's sister Ethel, a housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts, takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy...

When the Roman Empire declined, Britain went backward. As the Roman villas crumbled, the people built one-room wooden dwellings without chimneys. The technology of Roman pottery - important for storing food - was mostly lost. Literacy declined. This period is sometimes called the Dark Ages, and progress was painfully slow for five hundred years. Then, at last, things started to change... In this prequel to the monumental The Pillars of the Earth,...

East German teacher Rebecca Hoffman discovers she's been spied on by the Stasi for years and commits an impulsive act that will affect her family for the rest of their lives. George Jakes, the child of a mixed-race couple, bypasses a corporate law career to join Robert F. Kennedy's Justice Department, and finds himself in the middle not only of the seminal events of the civil rights battle, but a much more personal battle of his own. Cameron Dewar,...

It is June 1941 and the war is not going well for England. Somehow, the Germans are anticipating the RAFUs flight paths, and shooting down British bombers with impunity. Filled with knife-edge suspense and rich, tantalizing characters, this is Ken Follett writing at the top of his form -- unforgettable storytelling from an unforgettable writer.

"Co się stało na pokładzie Boeinga 314 we wrześniu 1939 roku? Jedno jest pewne ?losy podróżujących tym feralnym lotem splotą się w wyniku intrygi jednego z współpasażerów. Latem 1939 roku firma Pan American otworzyła regularne połączenie lotnicze pomiędzy USA a Europą, obsługiwane przez samoloty typu Boeing 314. Te wielkie łodzie latające, nazywane kliprami, zapewniały pasażerom szybki przelot przez Atlantyk i podróż w komfortowych...