Using a restricted FBI database, genetic researcher Jeanie Ferrami has located identical twins born to different mothers. Frightened by her bizarre discovery, she is determined to discover the truth at any cost—until she finds herself at the center of a scandal that could ruin her career. To fight the charges, Jeannie plunges into a maze of hidden evidence. With growing horror, she uncovers a cynical, far-reaching conspiracy involving disturbing genetic experiments and some of the most powerful men in America—men who will kill to keep their secrets concealed.

Le troisième jumeau

"L'image de Notre-Dame en flammes m'a stupéfié et chaviré au plus profond de moi-même. Un bien inestimable mourait sous nos yeux. C'était aussi effarant que si le sol s'était mis à trembler sous nos pieds." Ken Follett. Dans ce court récit, Ken Follett raconte l'émotion qui l'a étreint lorsqu'il a appris le drame qui menaçait Notre-Dame de Paris, puis revient sur l'histoire de la cathédrale, de sa construction au rôle qu'elle a joué dans le destin de la nation française. Il évoque aussi l'influence qu'elle a exercée sur l'écriture des Piliers de la Terre, certainement le plus populaire de ses romans. Les bénéfices de l'éditeur seront reversés à la Fondation du patrimoine.

Notre-Dame

Ken Follett is known worldwide as the master of split-second suspense, but his most beloved and bestselling book tells the magnificent tale of a twelfth-century monk driven to do the seemingly impossible: build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has ever known.Everything readers expect from Follett is here: intrigue, fast-paced action, and passionate romance. But what makes The Pillars of the Earth extraordinary is the time the twelfth century; the place feudal England; and the subject the building of a glorious cathedral. Follett has re-created the crude, flamboyant England of the Middle Ages in every detail. The vast forests, the walled towns, the castles, and the monasteries become a familiar landscape. Against this richly imagined and intricately interwoven backdrop, filled with the ravages of war and the rhythms of daily life, the master storyteller draws the reader irresistibly into the intertwined lives of his characters into their dreams, their labors, and their loves: Tom, the master builder; Aliena, the ravishingly beautiful noblewoman; Philip, the prior of Kingsbridge; Jack, the artist in stone; and Ellen, the woman of the forest who casts a terrifying curse. From humble stonemason to imperious monarch, each character is brought vividly to life.The building of the cathedral, with the almost eerie artistry of the unschooled stonemasons, is the center of the drama. Around the site of the construction, Follett weaves a story of betrayal, revenge, and love, which begins with the public hanging of an innocent man and ends with the humiliation of a king.

Les Piliers de la Terre

A family Christmas, a blizzard, and a deadly virus let loose. Filled with startling twists, Whiteout is the ultimate knife-edge drama from bestselling author Ken Follett. A Family ReunitedAs a blizzard descends from the north on Christmas Eve, several people converge on a remote family estate in Scotland. Stanley Oxenford, director of a pharmaceutical research company, has everything riding on a drug he is developing to fight a lethal virus. A Brewing StormSeveral others are interested in his success too: his children, at home for Christmas with their offspring, have their eyes on the money he will make; Toni Gallo, forced to resign from the police department in disgrace, is betting her career on keeping the drug safe; and a local television reporter, determined to move up, has sniffed the story, even if he has to bend the facts to tell it. A House Under SiegeA sinister gang spots an opportunity to use one of Stanley's children against him and steal the virus. As everyone takes shelter, it becomes apparent that being inside the house may be more dangerous than the storm outside, especially when a lethal virus might be on the loose .

Whiteout

On Wings of Eagles is the thrilling novel based on the incredible real-life rescue of two Americans by a Green Beret colonel and a group of corporate executives from revolutionary Iran, from number one bestseller Ken Follett. A Terrifying PrisonAs Iran descends into revolution, two Americans get caught up in the upheaval. They are captured and held in a heavily guarded fortress. Their situation is desperate, with the US government refusing to get them out. But all hope is not lost .

On Wings of Eagles

Pillars of the Earth

Na Inglaterra do século XII, Tom, um humilde pedreiro e mestre-de-obras, tem um sonho majestoso – construir uma imponente catedral, dotada de uma beleza sublime, digna de tocar os céus. E é na persecução desse sonho que com ele e a sua família vamos encontrando um colorido mosaico de personagens que se cruzam ao longo de gerações e cujos destinos se entrelaçam de formas misteriosas e surpreendentes, capazes de alterar o curso da história. Recheado de suspense, corrupção, ambição e romance, Os Pilares da Terra é decididamente a obra-prima de um autor que já vendeu 90 milhões de livros em todo o mundo.

Aliena : Les piliers de la terre

France, 1944. Betty a vingt-neuf ans, elle est officier de l'armée anglaise, l'une des meilleures expertes en matière de sabotage. À l'approche du débarquement allié, elle a pour mission d'anéantir le système de communication allemand en France. Après une première tentative catastrophique et coûteuse en vies humaines, Betty va jouer le tout pour le tout en recrutant une brigade unique en son genre : le Réseau Corneille. Une équipe de choc, six femmes à la personnalité hors du commun. L'aristocrate, la taularde, l'ingénue, la travestie. chacune va apporter sa touche très personnelle au grand sabotage.

Le réseau Corneille

Dans ce court récit, Ken Follett raconte l'émotion qui l'a étreint lorsqu'il a appris le drame qui menaçait Notre-Dame de Paris, puis revient sur l'histoire de la cathédrale, de sa construction au rôle qu'elle a joué dans le destin de la nation française. Il évoque aussi l'influence qu'elle a exercée sur l'écriture des Piliers de la Terre, certainement le plus populaire de ses romans.

Le troisième jumeau

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