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A Column of Fire

Pages
1017
Published
2017
Language
English

Synopsis

In 1558, religious conflict tears through England as Ned Willard and Margery Fitzgerald find themselves on opposite sides of a brewing civil war. When Elizabeth Tudor takes the throne, Ned joins her newly formed secret service to protect the queen from assassination plots and foreign invasion. Their love remains tested by decades of extremism and violence that sweep across Europe.

About the author

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Ken Follett

Ken Follett is a Welsh author of thriller and historical fiction. Born in Cardiff in 1949, he worked as a newspaper reporter and then in publishing before his breakthrough as a novelist with the spy thriller Eye of the Needle (1978). He is best known for the Kingsbridge series, which began with The Pillars of the Earth (1989), and for the Century Trilogy (Fall of Giants, Winter of the World, Edge of Eternity). His books have sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide in more than 80 countries and...

Characters

Ned WillardProtagonist
Margery FitzgeraldProtagonist
Queen Elizabeth ISupporting
All characters in A Column of Fire

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