Ken has been active in numerous literacy charities and was president of Dyslexia Action for ten years.
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’s new book, The Evening and the Morning, will be published in September 2020.
World Without End, the sequel to The Pillars of the Earth, proved equally popular when it was published in 2007.
KEN FOLLETT CODE ZERO SERIES
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. In 1989, Ken’s epic novel about the building of a medieval cathedral, The Pillars of the Earth, was published. It remains one of Ken’s most popular books. 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. Ken’s first major success came with the publication of Eye of the Needle in 1978. Subsequently, he worked for a small London publishing house, Everest Books, eventually becoming Deputy Managing Director. He started his career as a reporter, first with his hometown newspaper the South Wales Echo and then with the London Evening News. Over 170 million copies of the 36 books he has written have been sold in over 80 countries and in 33 languages.īorn 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. Ken Follett is one of the world’s most successful authors. Deceit and betrayal, love and trust interweave at the most political and personal levels, while the spectre of mind-control hovers constantly above. As Luke Lucas gradually unravels the mystery of his amnesia, he realizes that his fate is bound up with that of the rocket that stands ready on launch pad 26B at Cape Canaveral.Īnd as he relearns the story of his life, he uncovers long-kept secrets about his wife, his best friend and the woman he once loved more than life itself…Ĭode to Zero deals with one of the most ruthlessly contested arenas of the Cold War. The year is 1958, and America is about to launch its first satellite in a desperate attempt to match the Soviet Sputnik and regain the lead in the space race.
Convinced he is a drunken down and out, it isn’t until a newspaper report about a satellite launch catches his eye that he suspects all is not what it seems… He has no idea how he got there he does not even know his own name. A man wakes up to find himself lying on the ground in a railway station, his mind stripped bare of all recollection. And as he relearns the story of his life, he uncovers long-kept secrets about his wife, his best friend and the woman he once loved more than life itself.
As Luke Lucas gradually unravels the mystery of his amnesia, he realizes that his fate is bound up with that of the rocket that stands ready on launch pad 26B at Cape Canaveral. The year is 1958, and America is about to launch its first satellite, in a desperate attempt to match the Soviet Sputnik and regain the lead in the space race. 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. Code to Zero is a fast-paced, espionage thriller from number one bestselling author Ken Follett, author of the Kingsbridge series. Three days that could change the world’s political landscape.
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