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Ils ont entendu parler d'un fabuleux Modigliani perdu et sont prêts à tout pour mettre la main dessus : une jeune étudiante en histoire de l'art dévorée d'ambition, un marchand de tableaux peu scrupuleux et un galeriste en pleine crise financière et conjugale...
Sans compter quelques faussaires ingénieux et une actrice idéaliste venant allégrement pimenter une course poursuite échevelée. Qui sortira vainqueur de cette chasse au trésor menée tambour battant, de Paris à Rimini, en passant par les quartiers huppés de Londres ? Un Ken Follett inédit, enjoué et alerte, qui offre une peinture édifiante des coulisses du monde de l'art. -
1866. Un jeune élève du collège de Windfield, non loin de Londres, se noie lors d'une escapade qui tourne au drame. Plusieurs garçons sont témoins de l'événement. Parmi eux, Edward Pilaster, l'héritier de la fortune des Pilaster, une richissime dynastie de banquiers, Hugh Pilaster, un cousin pauvre d'Edward, et Micky Miranda, fils d'un grand propriétaire terrien d'Amérique du Sud.
Ce tragique accident - mais s'agit-il d'un accident ? - et les secrets qui l'entourent vont marquer à jamais ces trois garçons. Leurs destins ne cesseront plus de s'entrecroiser au fil des rivalités amoureuses et des luttes impitoyables pour s'assurer le contrôle de la banque.
Bureaux lambrissés d'acajou des grands temples de la finance... Bas-fonds où gentlemen s'encanaillent dans le jeu ou la débauche... En faisant le récit haletant des passions qui déchirent cette famille, Ken Follett redonne vie à la fascinante Angleterre victorienne. Dans toute sa splendeur. Dans toute sa noirceur. -
1944. Les Allemands s'attendent à un débarquement. Mais où ? Les Alliés ont édifié sur la côte, au nord de Londres, une formidable base où s'entassent, entre d'interminables rangées de baraquements, des chars, des avions, des canons - tout cela en toile peinte tendue sur du bois ou en carton-pâte. Il s'agit de faire croire à Hitler que le débarquement se fera dans le Pas-de-Calais et non pas en Normandie. La supercherie a l'air de prendre. Mais qu'un agent ennemi découvre la vérité, et alors... Son nom de code est Die Nadel (l'Aiguille), car son arme préférée, c'est le stylet. Et il risque de découvrir le secret qui peut faire échouer le débarquement...
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Gare de Washington, le 29 janvier 1958, cinq heures du matin. Affolé, Luke se réveille, habillé comme un clochard... Que fait-il là ? Il ne se souvient plus de rien. Bientôt, il se rend compte que deux hommes le filent. Pourquoi ? Luke est persuadé que son amnésie n'a rien d'accidentel. Mais ses poursuivants sont prêts à tout pour l'empêcher de reconstituer son passé... Traqué, désemparé, il découvre qu'il travaillait sur la base de Cap Canaveral, au lancement d'Explorer I. Le décollage de la fusée américaine est prévu pour le lendemain soir... Il a quarante-huit heures pour retrouver son identité, empêcher le sabotage d'Explorer I et sauver sa peau... En pleine guerre froide, le lancement de la fusée a été mystérieusement ajourné.
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Comment deux vrais jumeaux peuvent-ils être nés de parents différents, des jours différents, à des endroits différents ?
C'est à cette impossibilité biologique que se heurte Jeannie Ferrami, une généticienne de vingt-neuf ans spécialiste des jumeaux, lorsqu'elle se penche sur le cas étrange de Steve Logan et Dennis Pinker.
Ils partagent le même ADN et sont de véritables sosies, jusque dans leurs gestes et leurs manies, mais ils ne se connaissent pas et n'ont jamais entendu parler l'un de l'autre.
Brillant étudiant en droit, Steve est un garçon sympathique et sans histoire. Dennis, lui, est un psychopathe endurci condamné à la prison à vie.
Pourtant, c'est Steve qui est accusé d'un crime. Convaincue de son innocence, Jeannie s'acharne à rechercher la vérité. Autour d'elle, la violence et les agressions se multiplient.
Tous les témoignages concordent : l'agresseur ressemble trait pour trait à Steve et Dennis.
Qui est cet homme ?
Jeannie n'a plus le choix : elle doit découvrir le secret des sosies et le véritable visage de son ennemi.
Et s'il s'agissait d'un troisième jumeau ?
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Juin 1941. Le ciel appartient à Hitler. La plupart des bombardiers anglais tombent sous le feu ennemi. Comme si la Luftwaffe parvenait à détecter les avions... Les Allemands auraient-ils doublé les Anglais dans la mise au point de ce nouvel outil stratégique : le radar ? Winston Churchill, très préoccupé, demande à ses meilleurs agents d'éclaircir la situation dans les plus brefs délais. Harald, jeune Danois de dix-huit ans, décidé à se battre contre l'occupant germanique, a trouvé une installation allemande ultra-secrète qui semble prévoir l'arrivée des bombardiers anglais. Sa découverte pourrait inverser le cours de la guerre. Mais à qui la révéler ? A qui peut-il faire confiance ? Harald en sait trop, il risque la mort. A bord du Frelon, son biplan de fortune, il va jouer sa vie pour faire part de sa découverte.
Romans d'espionnage (Code Zéro, Le Réseau Corneille), thrillers (Comme un vol d'aigles), fresques historiques (Les Piliers de la Terre, La Marque de Windfield), les best-sellers de Ken Follett sont traduits dans plus de vingt langues. -
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Paper Money fait partie de la nouvelle collection d'ouvrages Harrap's écrits par des auteurs à succès pour donner envie de lire en VO et ainsi d'entretenir son anglais, à l'aide de notes de bas de page traduisant les mots et expressions que le lecteur est susceptible de ne pas connaître. Paper Money est un thriller dans lequel Ken Follett (spécialiste dans les romans d'espionnage et historiques) dépeint sa vision de Londres dans les années 1970 et décrit l'interaction entre la politique, le crime, la finance et le journalisme.
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Vent de panique sur la Grande-Bretagne : un échantillon du virus Madoba-2 a disparu du laboratoire Oxenford Medical Antonia Gallo, ex-flic devenue directrice de la sécurité d'Oxenford, craint le pire : entre les mains de terroristes, le Madoba-2 est l'une des armes biologiques les plus efficaces qui soient. A l'air libre, il contaminerait une ville en quelques heures, entraînant la mort de tous ses habitants. A peine Antonia débute-t-elle son enquête chez Stanley Oxenford, patron du laboratoire, que le piège se referme sur elle : les malfaiteurs séquestrent Stanley et sa famille. Qui sont les preneurs d'otages ? Qui sont les commanditaires ? Planifient-ils un crime de masse ? Antonia doit agir, et son temps est compté. Elle va vivre les quarante-huit heures les plus explosives de son existence.
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La nuit de tous les périls : au cours d'une nuit passée sur un luxueux hydravion qui relie londres à new-york à la veille de la seconde guerre mondiale, les passagers embarqués semblent fuir quelque chose de plus menaçant que la guerre : leur propre passé...
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Des terroristes d'un nouveau genre provoquent des catastrophes naturelles.
Allons-nous être menacés par des tremblements de terre, des éruptions volcaniques ou des raz de marée ?
Sur l'écran du célèbre sismologue Michael Quercus, tout indique que le dernier tremblement de terre californien a été provoqué artificiellement. Les Soldats du Paradis, terroristes jusqu'alors inconnus, auraient-ils raison lorsqu'ils affirment être les auteurs du cataclysme ?
Un deuxième séisme ébranle une petite ville, tuant les habitants, abattant les maisons, détruisant les ponts et semant une panique meurtrière.
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Mick et son nouvel ami du collège, Randy, ont trouvé un passage secret menant à d'anciens studios de cinéma à l'abandon?: plateaux de tournage, vieilles caméras, costumes et accessoires. C'est le terrain de jeu rêvé pour les deux garçons?! Sauf que l'aventure ne s'arrête pas là?: en entrant dans ces lieux, ils découvrent quelque chose qu'il aurait mieux valu pour eux ne pas savoir. Ils courent un réel danger...
Écrit pour ses enfants, ce roman inédit de Ken Follett est enfin disponible en français. (Première édition en langue française en 2017). De 9 à 99 ans Ken Follett , né au pays de Galles en 1949, compte parmi les plus grands auteurs de thrillers et de romans d'espionnage, mais c'est avec ses romans historiques Les Piliers de la Terre et Un monde sans fin qu'il a connu ses succès les plus fameux : vingt millions d'exemplaires vendus à travers le monde et une adaptation en série télévisée. Dans les années 1970, il a également écrit pour la jeunesse sous le nom de Martin M -
The historical saga that has enthralled millions of readers, Ken Follett''s Kingsbridge Novels continue with World Without End.
A childhood lost.
1327 and four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. It is All Hallow''s Day and their lives are forever changed when they see two men-at-arms killed. At the behest of the man responsible they vow never to speak of it again.
A never-forgotten secret.
Lives forever entwined, one boy travels the world, one eye always on Kingsbridge; the other becomes a powerful, corrupt nobleman. One girl defies the might of the medieval church; whilst the other pursues an impossible love. As ambition, love, greed and revenge reign, those living under that long-ago day''s fateful shadow wait.
A world on the verge of death.
But as the Black Plague sweeps Europe, disease reaches England and the city descends into anarchy. In desperate uncertainty for their futures, the four adults know the time must come for the secret to emerge . . .
World Without End is followed by the third of Ken Follett''s novels, A Column of Fire.
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Millions of readers have been enthralled by the saga that began in The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, which now continues with Ken Follett''s magnificent, gripping A Column of Fire.
A WORLD IN TURMOIL 1558, and Europe is in revolt as religious hatred sweeps the continent. Elizabeth Tudor has ascended to the throne but she is not safe in this dangerous new world. There are many who would see her removed, not least Mary Queens of Scots, who lies in wait in Paris.
A NEW ORDER Elizabeth determines to set up a new secret service: a group of resourceful spies and courageous agents entrusted to keep her safe and in power. As she searches for those who will make the difference, one man stands out.
A MAN WHO WOULD DIE FOR HIS QUEEN For Ned Willard the opportunity to serve his queen is God-sent. He cannot stay in Kingsbridge and watch the love of his life marry another, and as fires burn and extremism begins to spark throughout Europe, Ned makes his choice. He will spend his life protecting his monarch from the tyrants who aim to destroy her or die trying . . .
More than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. The international no.1 bestselling phenomenon returns. -
B>The first in Ken Follett's bestselling Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a captivating novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women./b>b>A world in chaos./b>br>1911, a thirteen-year-old boy, Billy Williams, begins working down the mines as George V is crowned king. The escalating arms race between the empire nations will put not only the king but this young boy in grave danger.b>A terrible war./b>br>Billy's family is inextricably linked with the Fitzherberts, the aristocratic owners of the coal mine where he works. And when Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German embassy in London, their destiny also becomes entangled with that of Gus Dewar, an ambitious young aide to Woodrow Wilson, and two orphaned Russian brothers, the Peshkovs, whose plan to emigrate to America falls foul of conscription, revolution and imminent war.b>A revolution that will change everything./b>br>When Russia convulses in bloody revolution and the Great War unfolds, the five families' futures are entwined forever, love bringing them closer even as conflict takes them further apart. What seeds will be sown for further tragedy in the twentieth century and what role will each play in what is to come?
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B>The saga that has enthralled millions of readers, The Kingsbridge Novels continue with World Without End./b>On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed.As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war. One boy will travel the world but come home in the end; the other will be a powerful, corrupt nobleman. One girl will defy the might of the medieval church; the other will pursue an impossible love. And always they will live under the long shadow of the unexplained killing they witnessed on that fateful childhood day.Ken Follett's masterful epic The Pillars of the Earth enchanted millions of readers with its compelling drama of war, passion and family conflict set around the building of a cathedral. World Without End takes readers back to medieval Kingsbridge two centuries later, as the men, women and children of the city once again grapple with the devastating sweep of historical change.World Without End is followed by the third of Ken Follett's Kingsbridge novels, A Column of Fire.
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Edge of Eternity is the epic, final novel in Ken Follett''s captivating and hugely ambitious Century trilogy. On its own or read in sequence with Fall of Giants and Winter of the World, this is an irresistible and spellbinding epic about the fight for personal freedom set during the Cold War.
A FIGHT AGAINST INJUSTICE
1961, and in the United States George Jakes, a bright young lawyer in the Kennedy administration and fierce supporter of the civil rights movement, boards a Greyhound bus in Washington with Verena, an employee of Martin Luther King whom he is in love with, to protest against segregation.
A RISING TIDE OF DANGER
In East Germany, teacher Rebecca Hoffmann finds her entire life has been a lie as she is targeted by the secret police, even as her younger brother, Walli, dreams of escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain. In Russia, activist Tania Dvorkin narrowly evades capture for producing an illegal news-sheet, her actions all the more perilous because her brother, Dimka, is an emerging star of the Communist Party.
A COLD WAR THAT COULD ELIMINATE THE WORLD FOREVER
In a sweeping tale that began in 1911, the descendants of five families will now find their true destiny as they fight for their individual freedom in a world facing the mightiest clash of superpowers it has ever seen. -
Winter of the World is the second novel in Ken Follett''s uniquely ambitious Century trilogy. On its own or read in sequence with Fall of Giants and Edge of Eternity, this is a spellbinding epic of global conflict and personal drama.
A BATTLE OF IDEALS
1933, and at Cambridge, Lloyd Williams is drawn to irresistible socialite Daisy Peshkov, who represents everything that his left-wing family despise, but Daisy is more interested in aristocratic Boy Fitzherbert, a leading light of the British Union of Fascists.
AN EVIL UPRISING
Berlin is in turmoil. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on Germany. Many are resolved to oppose Hitler''s brutal regime - but are they willing to betray their country?
A GLOBAL CONFLICT ON A SCALE NEVER SEEN BEFORE
Shaken by the tyranny and the prospect of war, five interconnected families'' lives become ever more enmeshed. An international clash of military power and personal beliefs is sweeping the world, but what will this new war mean for those who must live through it? -
More than a thriller, a gripping high stakes human drama with a chilling ''What If'' premise from master storyteller Ken Follett.
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NOTRE DAME ; A SHORT STORY OF THE MEANING OF CATHEDRALS
Ken Follett
- Pan Books
- 29 Octobre 2019
- 9781529037647
Written in aid of the crucial restoration work to restore Paris''s great cathedral, Notre-Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals is a moving, short piece of non-fiction celebrating the stunning history of this beloved building, from Ken Follett, author of the multi-million copy selling Kingsbridge series. ''Two days after Notre Dame burned, I flew to Paris to appear on the TV programme La Grande Librairie for a discussion about cathedrals. The following morning I had breakfast at the Hotel Bristol with my French publisher and she asked me to write a short book about Notre Dame and what it means to all of us. She said she would donate the publisher''s profits to the rebuilding fund and, if I wished, I could do the same with my royalties. Yes, I said; of course, I''d love to.'' - Ken Follett A minimum of 50p per copy on each sale of this book will go to the heritage and restoration charity La Fondation du Patrimoine.
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B>Eye of the Needle/b>b>, Ken Follett's breakthrough international bestseller, is a heart-racingly exciting tale about the fate of the war resting in the hands of a master spy, his opponent and a brave woman./b>b>Victory Hangs in the Balance/b>br>1944. In the weeks leading up to D-Day the Allies are disguising their invasion plans with elaborate decoys of ships and planes. If they can land a force on mainland Europe they will gain the upper hand in a war that has ravaged the world for years, and take the fight to the Nazi menace.b>A Cold-blooded Killer/b>br>His weapon is the stiletto, his codename: The Needle. He is Hitler's prize undercover agent - a ruthless and professional murderer. In England he uncovers the Allies' D-Day plans but his cover is blown in the process.b>A Deadly Chase/b>br>Leaving a trail of bodies in his wake, The Needle ruthlessly races to a U-boat waiting to convey him and his critical message to Germany, with MI5 on his tail. But he hasn't planned for a storm-battered island and the remarkable young woman who lives there . . .
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B>A thrilling, chilling story of hidden evil, The Third Twin is a heart-stopping, spine-tingling story from master of suspense, Ken Follett./b>b>An Impossible Result/b>br>Jeannie Ferrami, a scientific researcher investigating the behaviour of identical twins who have been raised separately, uncovers a perplexing mystery; identical twins who were born on different days, to different mothers, in different places.b>A Blossoming Love /b>br>One, Steve, is a law student and the other, Dennis, a convicted murderer. As Jeannie works with Steve on her project she finds herself falling in love with him, but their world is shattered when he is accused of a monstrous crime.b>A Terrible Secret/b>br>Jeannie cannot believe that Steve committed the crime, but proving it means she will be forced to question everything she believes. And as she digs deeper, her investigation uncovers a terrifying conspiracy - and it becomes clear the plotters will kill to keep it hidden.
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The evening and the morning ( kingsbridge n?4 )
Ken Follett
- Penguin Us
- 1 Septembre 2020
- 9780525954989
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a thrilling and addictive new novel--a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth --set in England at the dawn of a new era: the Middle Ages It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns. In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined. A young boatbuilder's life is turned upside down when the only home he's ever known is raided by Vikings, forcing him and his family to move and start their lives anew in a small hamlet where he does not fit in. . . . A Norman noblewoman marries for love, following her husband across the sea to a new land, but the customs of her husband's homeland are shockingly different, and as she begins to realize that everyone around her is engaged in a constant, brutal battle for power, it becomes clear that a single misstep could be catastrophic. . . . A monk dreams of transforming his humble abbey into a center of learning that will be admired throughout Europe. And each in turn comes into dangerous conflict with a clever and ruthless bishop who will do anything to increase his wealth and power. Thirty years ago, Ken Follett published his most popular novel, The Pillars of the Earth. Now, Follett's masterful new prequel The Evening and the Morning takes us on an epic journey into a historical past rich with ambition and rivalry, death and birth, love and hate, that will end where The Pillars of the Earth begins.
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B>Millions of readers have been enthralled by the saga that began in The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, which now continues with Ken Follett's magnificent, gripping A Column of Fire./b>br>b>/b>br>b>A WORLD IN TURMOIL/b>1558, and Europe is in revolt as religious hatred sweeps the continent. Elizabeth Tudor has ascended to the throne but she is not safe in this dangerous new world. There are many who would see her removed, not least Mary Queens of Scots, who lies in wait in Paris. b>A NEW ORDER/b>Elizabeth determines to set up a new secret service: a group of resourceful spies and courageous agents entrusted to keep her safe and in power. As she searches for those who will make the difference, one man stands out.b>A MAN WHO WOULD DIE FOR HIS QUEEN/b>For Ned Willard the opportunity to serve his queen is God-sent. He cannot stay in Kingsbridge and watch the love of his life marry another, and as fires burn and extremism begins to spark throughout Europe, Ned makes his choice. He will spend his life protecting his monarch from the tyrants who aim to destroy her or die trying . . .
