- Title:
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A Column of Fire
- Series:
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Kingsbridge #3
- Written by:
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Ken Follett
- Read by:
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John Lee
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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24
- Duration:
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30 hours 21 minutes
- Published:
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September 21 2017
- Available Date:
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September 21 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781509875917
- Genres:
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Fiction; Historical; Spy & Espionage
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan audio
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‘Where Follett excels is in telling a yarn ... you won’t be able to put it down.’
The Independent
The saga that has enthralled the millions of fans of The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End now continues with Ken Follett’s magnificent, gripping new story.
Christmas 1558, and young Ned Willard returns home to Kingsbridge to find his world has changed.
The ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn by religious hatred. Europe is in turmoil as high principles clash bloodily with friendship, loyalty and love, and Ned soon finds himself on the opposite side from the girl he longs to marry, Margery Fitzgerald.
Then Elizabeth Tudor becomes queen and all of Europe turns against England. The shrewd, determined young monarch immediately sets up the country’s first secret service to give her early warning of assassination plots, rebellions and invasion plans.
Elizabeth knows that alluring, headstrong Mary Queen of Scots lies in wait in Paris. Part of a brutally ambitious French family, Mary has been proclaimed the rightful ruler of England, with her own supporters scheming to get rid of the new queen.
Over a turbulent half-century, the love between Ned and Margery seems doomed, as extremism sparks violence from Edinburgh to Geneva. With Elizabeth clinging precariously to her throne and her principles, protected by a small, dedicated group of resourceful spies and courageous secret agents, it becomes clear that the real enemies – then as now – are not the rival religions.
The true battle pitches those who believe in tolerance and compromise against the tyrants who would impose their ideas on everyone else – no matter the cost.
‘A historical saga of such breadth and density ... Follett succeeds brilliantly in combining hugeness and detail to create a novel imbued with the rawness, violence and blind faith of the era.’
The Sunday Express
‘Enormous and brilliant ... this mammoth tale seems to touch all human emotion – love and hate, loyalty and treachery, hope and despair ...'
Cosmopolitan