Thriller
Posted in Uncategorized on November 7th, 2011 by adminThe Fall of the Giants (2010) was the last great success of the prolific British author Ken Follett, best known for his historical novels and thrillers. Among the five most recent novels sold the publishing group Random House, with hits such as If you tell me are everything . . . but let him see Albert Espinosa tell me, tell me who I am by Julia Navarro and The Maya book by Isabel Allende . The Fall of the Giants chronicles the lives of some American families, British, Russian and German in World War I and the Russian Revolution as a backdrop. His first major success came with a thriller, The Eye of the Needle (1978), although previously he had published such works as the large needle (1974), shock (1975), The Modigliani Scandal (1976) or Paper currency (1977). However, his great bestseller praised by audiences and critics is The Pillars of the Earth (1989), "one of the popular contemporary classical", recommended by 1001 books you must read before you die. It's not just an architectural wonder, is a center of radiation, a source of political disputes, a unique trophy in the convoluted intrigues ecclesiastical universe of worldly interests and worldly ambitions. Continued this timeless story Follett's novel World Without End (2007), also set in the city of Bingsbridge, two centuries after the construction of the majestic Gothic cathedral. In this case we have as background the Black Death that wiped out half of Europe's population during the fourteenth century, but again the writer of 62 years weaves a story of ambition and revenge, intrigue, murder, plagues and wars. A long list of bestsellers this must be added Night Over Water (1991), A Place Called Freedom (1996), In the Mouth of the Dragon (1998), Double Zero (2000), High Risk (2001), Final Flight (2003) and whites (2004), among many other novels of suspense. The Fall of the Giants (2010) is the first installment of the trilogy of the century, whose second novel, which delves into the years of the Great Depression and World War II, is expected to be published in 2012. . Via: psychological thriller book