The worldwide phenomenon from the bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, A Column of Fire, and The Evening and the Morning
His code name was โThe Needle.โ He was a German aristocrat of extraordinary intelligenceโa master spy with a legacy of violence in his blood, and the object of the most desperate manhunt in history. . . .ย
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But his fate lay in the hands of a young and vulnerable English woman, whose loyalty, if swayed, would assure his freedomโand win the war for the Nazis. . . .ย
Ken Follettย is one of the worldโs best-loved authors, selling more than 160 million copies of his thirty books. Follettโs first bestseller wasย Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War.ย
In 1989ย The Pillars of the Earthย was published, and has since become the authorโs most successful novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprahโs Book Club pick.
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Its sequels,ย World Without Endย andย A Column of Fire, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold 38 million copies worldwide.
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Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors.ย