Ken Follett

Lukijoiden rakastama Taivaan pilarit, Ken Follettin läpimurto historiallisena romaanikirjailijana. Follettin väkevä kuvaus 1100-luvun Englannista on Kingsbridge-sarjan ensimmäisenä ilmestynyt osa. Pientä Kingsbridgen kylää koettelee verinen sisällissota. Maallinen ja kirkollinen valta jakavat etupiirejään ja pienet ihmiset joutuvat lordien mielivallan kohteeksi. Rauhaa rakastava Tom Rakentaja on kyllästynyt kuljeskelevaan elämäänsä ja haluaa asettua aloilleen kylään. Hänen onnistuu yhdistää kylän ihmiset tavoittelemaan jotain arkea suurempaa, ja yhdessä he alkavat rakentaa taivaisiin asti kurottuvaa katedraalia. Tom perheineen kannattelee ihmisten unelmia ja toivoa kaikki ne neljä vuosikymmentä, jotka kirkon rakentaminen kestää. Ken Follett (s. 1949) on yksi maailman menestyneimmistä kirjailijoista: teoksia on myyty yli 170 miljoonaa kappaletta yli 80 maassa. Jännäreillä läpimurtonsa tehnyt Follett siirtyi historiallisiin seikkailuromaaneihin kirjassaan Taivaan pilarit (1989), joka sijoittuu 1100-luvun Englantiin, kuvitteelliseen, elämää vilisevään Kingsbridgen kaupunkiin. Kingsbridgestä kertoo lisäksi kolme itsenäistä suurromaania: Maailma vailla loppua, joka tapahtuu 1300-luvulla, 1500-luvulle sijoittuva Tulipatsas sekä sarjan tuoreimpana (2020) ilmestynyt teos Tuli ilta ja tuli aamu, joka harppaa Kingsbridgen syntyaikaan 900-luvun lopulle. Ennen kirjailijanuraansa Ken Follett toimi lehtimiehenä ja kustantajana. Hän asuu vaimonsa Barbaran kanssa Stevenagessa Lontoon lähistöllä. Monia palkintoja ja kunniamerkkejä saanut Follett harrastaa musiikkia ja hyväntekeväisyyttä.

Jo viides osa kuvitteellisen Kingsbridgen kaupungin tarinassa. Vallankumousta ilmassa! Historiallisen viihteen mestari Ken Follett tempaa lukijansa mukaan 1700-luvun loppuvuosien kuohuntaan. Englannin poliittinen johto pyrkii viemään maan kansainvälisen kaupan mahtitekijäksi samaan aikaan kun naapurimaa Ranska on vallankumouksen pyörteissä. Kingsbridgessä tavallisten ihmisten elämää varjostaa sodan pelko, ja arkea mullistaa teollinen vallankumous. Uudet koneet aiheuttavat tapaturmia ja vievät työpaikkoja. Kingsbridgen asukkaat, joita johtavat kankuri David Shoveller, kehrääjä Sal Clitheroe ja hänen omapäinen poikansa Kit, käyvät kamppailuun paremman tulevaisuuden puolesta ja sortoa vastaan. KEN FOLLETT (s. 1949) on yksi maailman menestyneimmistä kirjailijoista: teoksia on myyty liki 190 miljoonaakappaletta yli 80 maassa. Hänen Kingsbridge- ja Vuosisata-kirjasarjansa ovat rakastettuja ympäri maailman. Follett asuu vaimonsa Barbaran kanssa Stevenagessa Lontoon lähistöllä.

Året är 1792 och revolutionen ligger i luften. En teknisk utveckling utan motstycke har svept fram genom England och när de nya moderna maskinerna når textilindustrin i Kingsbridge ökar motsättningarna mellan invånarna. Spinneriarbetarna förlorar sina arbeten och familjer splittras. Men i konflikten väcks också kampen och hoppet om en bättre framtid. Samtidigt som människor höjer rösterna mot den maktfullkomliga regeringen närmar sig ett annat hot utifrån – i Frankrike har Napoleon inlett sin väg till makten och det viskas om krig." En rustning av ljus" är Ken Folletts femte bok om katedralstaden Kingsbridge. Det är en hisnande, storslagen berättelse om krig och kärlek, framtidstro och tyranni i en tid som förändrade allt." Folletts styrka som författare vilar på två pelare: den skarpa blicken för historiens långa linjer och den absoluta berättarlojaliteten till de enskilda människorna som en gång gick här på vår jord." Lars Kepler"Follett är en mästare." Washington Post

"Follett on mestari." The Washington PostRakastetun brittikirjailijan uusin romaani on tähän päivään sijoittuva trilleri, joka spekuloi kolmannen maailmansodan syttymisellä. Nuori nainen CIA:n palveluksessa, kiinalainen huippuvakooja, ranskalainen agentti ja USA:n ensimmäinen naispresidentti ovat osa maailman älykkäimmistä ja osaavimmista ihmisistä koostettua joukkoa, jonka vaativana tehtävänä on estää kolmas maailmansota. Ken Follett on kertonut kirjoitusprosessistaan näin:”Kun tein tutkimusta Kun suuret sortuvat -romaaniani varten, tajusin ällistyksekseni että ensimmäinen maailmansota oli sota, jota kukaan ei halunnut. Se pani minut miettimään, voisiko sama tapahtua uudestaan.” Ken Follett (s. 1949) on yksi maailman menestyneimmistä kirjailijoista: teoksia on myyty yli 170 miljoonaa kappaletta yli 80 maassa. Hänen Kingsbridge- ja Vuosisata-kirjasarjansa ovat rakastettuja ympäri maailman. Follett asuu vaimonsa Barbaran kanssa Stevenagessa Lontoon lähistöllä.

"Stolpy zemli" - grandioznaja panorama samykh temnykh let v istorii Anglii, kogda borba za prestol i mezhdousobnye vojny byli privychnym fonom zhizni. Pered chitatelem raskryvajutsja spletennye v edinyj klubok istorii samykh raznykh ljudej - ot prostykh remeslennikov do grafov i chlenov korolevskikh semej. Vossozdan tselyj mir strastej i prestuplenij, intrig, tajn, strakhov, ljubvi i vernosti, na fone kotorogo medlenno i velichestvenno razvorachivaetsja stroitelstvo samogo vysokogo sobora Anglii. Perevodchik: Tetevin V.

Stolpy zemli - grandioznaja panorama samykh temnykh let v istorii Anglii, kogda borba za prestol i mezhdousobnye vojny byli privychnym fonom zhizni. Pered chitateljami razvorachivajutsja spletennye v edinyj klubok istorii samykh raznykh ljudej - ot prostykh remeslennikov do grafov i chlenov korolevskikh semej. Vossozdan tselyj mir strastej i prestuplenij, intrig, tajn, strakhov, ljubvi i vernosti, na fone kotorogo medlenno i velichestvenno razvorachivaetsja stroitelstvo samogo vysokogo sobora Anglii. Perevodchik: Morozov S.

Vuelve el mejor Follett con la emocionante quinta entrega de la saga «Los pilares de la Tierra . El choque de progreso y tradici n y una guerra que amenaza con engullir toda Europa en la m s ambiciosa y pica novela del maestro de la ficci n hist rica. La revoluci n est en el aire1792. Un gobierno tir nico est decidido a convertir Inglaterra en un poderoso imperio comercial. Mientras, Napole n Bonaparte comienza su ambicioso ascenso al poder y, en medio de un gran descontento social, los vecinos de Francia se mantienen en m xima alerta. Kingsbridge se asoma al abismoLas innovaciones industriales se imponen de manera implacable, sacudiendo las vidas de los trabajadores de las pr speras f bricas textiles de Kingsbridge. Se abre un mundo de nuevas y liberadoras oportunidades ligado, sin embargo, a la crueldad m s despiadada. La r pida modernizaci n con sus flamantes pero peligrosas maquinarias est n dejando obsoletos muchos trabajos y desgarrando a las familias. Una nueva tiran a surge en el horizonteY a medida que el estallido de un conflicto internacional parece cada vez m s cerca, la historia de un peque o grupo de personas de Kingsbridge --incluidos la hilandera Sal Clitheroe, el tejedor David Shoveller y Kit, el ingenioso y decidido hijo de Sal-- se convertir en el s mbolo de la lucha de toda una generaci n que desea progresar y pelea por un futuro sin opresi n... ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The long-awaited sequel to A Column of Fire, The Armor of Light heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge, England, where progress clashes with tradition, class struggles push into every part of society, and war in Europe engulfs the entire continent and beyond. The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1770, and with that, a new era of manufacturing and industry changed lives everywhere within a generation. A world filled with unrest wrestles for control over this new world order: A mother's husband is killed in a work accident due to negligence; a young woman fights to fund her school for impoverished children; a well-intentioned young man unexpectedly inherits a failing business; one man ruthlessly protects his wealth no matter the cost, all the while war cries are heard from France, as Napoleon sets forth a violent master plan to become emperor of the world. As institutions are challenged and toppled in unprecedented fashion, ripples of change ricochet through our characters' lives as they are left to reckon with the future and a world they must rebuild from the ashes of war. Over thirty years ago, Ken Follett published his most popular novel, The Pillars of the Earth. Now, with this electrifying addition to the Kingsbridge series, we are plunged into the battlefield between compassion and greed, love and hate, progress and tradition. It is through each character that we are given a new perspective to the seismic shifts that shook the world in nineteenth-century Europe.

»Forrygende roman« **** – Kristeligt Dagblad Store industrielle forandringer fejer ind over England. Maskinerne fratager arbejderne deres levebrød, og kimen til revolution er lagt. Verden er på randen af kaos, og alle kæmper for deres liv og levned: En kvindes mand bliver dræbt i en arbejdsulykke på grund af uagtsomhed; en velmenende ungersvend arver uventet en lukningstruet virksomhed; en ung kvinde kæmper for at finansiere sin skole for fattige børn; en mand beskytter hensynsløst sin rigdom med vold og magt. Alt imens høres krigsråb fra Frankrig, hvor Napoleon forbereder sig på at erobre verdensherredømmet. Mens samfundsnormer bliver udfordret og gentænkt på hidtil usete måder, må vores hovedpersoner finde deres ståsted, sætte deres lid til fremtiden og genopbygge deres elskede Kingsbridge fra krigens aske. For over 30 år siden udkom verdenssensationen JORDENS SØJLER. Nu, med denne forrygende, selvstændige roman, er vi tilbage i Kingsbridge, hvor grådighed og lidenskab, kærlighed og had, fremskridt og tradition sætter rammerne for en verden i rivende udvikling. Pressen skriver: »Lysets våben er simpelthen underholdningsromanens velsmurte bud på et billede af en historisk forandringstid!« **** – Berlingske »En absolut lækkerbisken for alle, der holder af historiske romaner skrevet på en baggrund af solid research.« – Lektørudtalelse »En godbid for fans af historiske romaner.« – Kirkus Reviews »Sidder lige i skabet.« ***** – Bogrummet.dk »Follett kan fortælle som ingen anden, og man bliver fanget fra første side.« ***** — Kulturinformation

The grand master of gripping fiction is back. International No.1 bestseller Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge with an epic tale of revolution and a cast of unforgettable characters. Revolution is in the air1792. A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to power, and with dissent rife, France’s neighbours are on high alert. Kingsbridge is on the edgeUnprecedented industrial change sweeps the land, making the lives of the workers in Kingbridge’s prosperous cloth mills a misery. Rampant modernization and dangerous new machinery are rendering jobs obsolete and tearing families apart. Tyranny is on the horizonNow, as international conflict nears, a story of a small group of Kingsbridge people – including spinner Sal Clitheroe, weaver David Shoveller and Kit, Sal’s inventive and headstrong son – will come to define the struggle of a generation as they seek enlightenment and fight for a future free from oppression . . . Taking the reader straight into the heart of history with the fifth novel in the ground-breaking Kingsbridge series, The Armour of Light is master storyteller Ken Follett’s most ambitious novel to date.'Follett's storytelling skills make their adventures riveting' - The Times'An effortlessly engaging and entertaining read' - Daily Mail'Bold in scale and meticulously researched' - Sunday Times'The plague scenes are expertly handled. Where Follett excels is in telling a yarn' - IndependentMore than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. The international no.1 bestselling phenomenon returns.

England 1770. Oppfinnelsen av «spinning Jenny» varsler en ny æra innen produksjon og industri. I løpet av bare én generasjon endret vevemaskinen menneskers liv fundamentalt. Verden er i opprør, inkludert i Kingsbridge. Maskiner gjør det tradisjonelle manuelle arbeidet til veverne overflødig – og farlig. En arbeider dør i en arbeidsulykke forårsaket av uaktsomhet, og etterlater seg enke og barn. En ung kvinne sliter med å finansiere skolen hun driver for barn fra fattige familier. En velvillig ung mann får en uventet arv. En annen beskytter hensynsløst sin rikdom, uansett hva det koster. Samtidig som Englands herskere forsøker å forme kongeriket til en dominerende handelsmakt, legger Napoleon Bonaparte en storslått plan for å ta over verden. Plutselig er det krig i Europa, og alt er i forandring. Vil folk være i stand til å finne veien i den nye verden og reise seg fra krigens aske? For over tretti år siden ga Ken Follett ut sin mest populære roman, Stormenes tid. Den femte boken i den banebrytende Kingsbridge-serien tar deg nok en gang rett til hjertet av historien. Det er Ken Folletts mest ambisiøse verk til nå, og skildrer på en mesterlig måte de omfattende endringene som rystet Europa på 1800-tallet.

The long-awaited sequel to A Column of Fire, The Armor of Light, heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge, England, where progress clashes with tradition, class struggles push into every part of society, and war in Europe engulfs the entire continent and beyond. The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1770, and with that, a new era of manufacturing and industry changed lives everywhere within a generation. A world filled with unrest wrestles for control over this new world order: A mother's husband is killed in a work accident due to negligence; a young woman fights to fund her school for impoverished children; a well-intentioned young man unexpectedly inherits a failing business; one man ruthlessly protects his wealth no matter the cost, all the while war cries are heard from France, as Napoleon sets forth a violent master plan to become emperor of the world. As institutions are challenged and toppled in unprecedented fashion, ripples of change ricochet through our characters' lives as they are left to reckon with the future and a world they must rebuild from the ashes of war. Over thirty years ago, Ken Follett published his most popular novel, The Pillars of the Earth. Now, with this electrifying addition to the Kingsbridge series we are plunged into the battlefield between compassion and greed, love and hate, progress and tradition. It is through each character that we are given a new perspective to the seismic shifts that shook the world in nineteenth-century Europe.

The long-awaited sequel to A Column of Fire, The Armor of Light, heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge, England, where progress clashes with tradition, class struggles push into every part of society, and war in Europe engulfs the entire continent and beyond. The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1770, and with that, a new era of manufacturing and industry changed lives everywhere within a generation. A world filled with unrest wrestles for control over this new world order: A mother's husband is killed in a work accident due to negligence; a young woman fights to fund her school for impoverished children; a well-intentioned young man unexpectedly inherits a failing business; one man ruthlessly protects his wealth no matter the cost, all the while war cries are heard from France, as Napoleon sets forth a violent master plan to become emperor of the world. As institutions are challenged and toppled in unprecedented fashion, ripples of change ricochet through our characters' lives as they are left to reckon with the future and a world they must rebuild from the ashes of war. Over thirty years ago, Ken Follett published his most popular novel, The Pillars of the Earth. Now, with this electrifying addition to the Kingsbridge series we are plunged into the battlefield between compassion and greed, love and hate, progress and tradition. It is through each character that we are given a new perspective to the seismic shifts that shook the world in nineteenth-century Europe.

From the bestselling author Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning is a historical epic that ends where The Pillars of the Earth begins.'Another historical thriller of mighty proportions' – The TimesA Time of ConflictIt is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. The king’s grip on the country is fragile and chaos reigns. A young boat builder dreams of a better future after a devastating Viking raid shatters the life he hoped for. Lives IntertwinedA Norman noblewoman follows her husband to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey has a vision of transforming his humble home into a centre of learning admired throughout Europe. The Dawn of a New AgeNow, with England at the dawn of the Middle Ages, these three people will each come into dangerous conflict with a ruthless bishop, who will do anything to increase his wealth and power, in an epic tale of ambition, rivalry, love and hate. Over three decades ago we were introduced to Kingsbridge in The Pillars of the Earth, and now in this masterful prequel international bestseller Ken Follett will take us on a journey into a rich past, which will end where his masterpiece begins. More than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. The international no.1 bestselling phenomenon returns.

Millions of readers have been enthralled by the saga that began in The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, which now continues with Ken Follett's magnificent, gripping A Column of Fire. A WORLD IN TURMOIL 1558, and Europe is in revolt as religious hatred sweeps the continent. Elizabeth Tudor has ascended to the throne but she is not safe in this dangerous new world. There are many who would see her removed, not least Mary Queens of Scots, who lies in wait in Paris. A NEW ORDERElizabeth determines to set up a new secret service: a group of resourceful spies and courageous agents entrusted to keep her safe and in power. As she searches for those who will make the difference, one man stands out. A MAN WHO WOULD DIE FOR HIS QUEENFor Ned Willard the opportunity to serve his queen is God-sent. He cannot stay in Kingsbridge and watch the love of his life marry another, and as fires burn and extremism begins to spark throughout Europe, Ned makes his choice. He will spend his life protecting his monarch from the tyrants who aim to destroy her or die trying . . . More than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. The international no.1 bestselling phenomenon returns.*Ken Follett’s Column of Fire was an instant Sunday Times HB bestseller when it published in 2017

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece. A MASON WITH A DREAM 1135 and civil war, famine and religious strife abound. With his family on the verge of starvation, mason Tom Builder dreams of the day that he can use his talents to create and build a cathedral like no other. A MONK WITH A BURNING MISSIONPhilip, prior of Kingsbridge, is resourceful, but with money scarce he knows that for his town to survive it must find a way to thrive, and so he makes the decision to build within it the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has ever known. A WORLD OF HIGH IDEALS AND SAVAGE CRUELTYAs Tom and Philip meet so begins an epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power. In a world beset by strife and enemies that would thwart their plans, they will stop at nothing to achieve their ambitions in a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother . . . The Pillars of the Earth is the first in The Kingsbridge Novels series, followed by World Without End and A Column of Fire. More than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. The international No. 1 bestselling phenomenon returns.

The historical saga that has enthralled millions of readers, Ken Follett's Kingsbridge Novels continue with World Without End. A childhood lost. 1327 and four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. It is All Hallow’s Day and their lives are forever changed when they see two men-at-arms killed. At the behest of the man responsible they vow never to speak of it again. A never-forgotten secret. Lives forever entwined, one boy travels the world, one eye always on Kingsbridge; the other becomes a powerful, corrupt nobleman. One girl defies the might of the medieval church; whilst the other pursues an impossible love. As ambition, love, greed and revenge reign, those living under that long-ago day’s fateful shadow wait. A world on the verge of death. But as the Black Plague sweeps Europe, disease reaches England and the city descends into anarchy. In desperate uncertainty for their futures, the four adults know the time must come for the secret to emerge . . . World Without End is followed by the third of Ken Follett's novels, A Column of Fire. More than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. The international No. 1 bestselling phenomenon returns.