The Third Twin was a scorching suspense novel about a young woman scientist who stumbles across a secret experiment in genetic engineering. Night over Water, A Dangerous Fortune, and A Place Called Freedom followed.
The miniseries, produced by Ridley Scott and starring Ian McShane and Matthew Macfadyen, is due for broadcast in 2010.Īfter Pillars, Ken Follett abandoned the straightforward spy genre for awhile, but his stories still had powerful narrative drive, strong women characters, and elements of suspense and intrigue. 23 on the same list.) In November 2007, Pillars became the most popular choice of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club, returning to No. When The Times (London) asked its readers to vote for the sixty greatest novels of the last sixty years, The Pillars of the Earth was placed at No. It was voted the third greatest book ever written by 250,000 viewers of the German television station ZDF in 2004, beaten only by The Lord of the Rings and the Bible. 1 position on lists in Canada, Great Britain, and Italy, and was on the German bestseller list for six years. Published in September 1989 to rave reviews, it was on the New York Times bestseller list for eighteen weeks. Ken Follett then surprised readers by radically changing course with The Pillars of the Earth, a novel about building a cathedral in the Middle Ages. This book was made into a miniseries with Richard Crenna as Ross Perot and Burt Lancaster as Colonel "Bull" Simons. He also wrote On Wings of Eagles, the true story of how two employees of Ross Perot were rescued from Iran during the revolution of 1979. In 1994 Timothy Dalton, Omar Sharif, and Marg Helgenberger starred in the miniseries of Lie Down with Lions.
Cliff Robertson and David Soul starred in the miniseries of The Key to Rebecca. He went on to write four more bestselling thrillers: Triple, The Key to Rebecca, The Man from St. The book won the Edgar Award and became an outstanding film starring Kate Nelligan and Donald Sutherland. He first hit the charts in 1978 with Eye of the Needle, a taut and original thriller with a memorable woman character in the central role. 1 position on bestseller lists in the United States, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France. His last book, World Without End, went straight to the No. He has sold more than one hundred million copies. Ken Follett is one of the world's best–loved novelists.
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