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Las antiguas piedras de la catedral de Kingsbridge contemplan una ciudad dividida por el odio religioso. Los principios elevados chocan con la amistad, la lealtad y el amor, y provocan derramamientos de sangre. Ned se encuentra de pronto en el bando contrario al de la muchacha con quien anhela casarse, Margery Fitzgerald.

Cuando Isabel I llega al trono, toda Europa se vuelve en contra de Inglaterra. La joven monarca, astuta y decidida, organiza el primer servicio secreto del país para estar avisada ante cualquier indicio de intrigas homicidas, levantamientos o planes de invasión.

En París, a la espera, se encuentra la seductora y obstinada María Estuardo, reina de los escoceses, en el seno de una familia francesa con una ambición descomunal. Proclamada legítima soberana de Inglaterra, María cuenta con sus propios partidarios, que conspiran para deshacerse de Isabel.

Entretanto, Ned Willard busca a Jean Langlais, un personaje escurridizo y enigmático, sin saber que tras ese nombre falso se esconde un compañero de clase de su infancia, alguien que lo conoce demasiado bien.

A lo largo de medio siglo turbulento, el amor entre Ned y Margery parece condenado al fracaso mientras el extremismo hace estallar la violencia desde Edimburgo hasta Ginebra. Isabel se aferra precariamente a su trono y a sus principios, protegida por un pequeño y entregado grupo de espías hábiles y agentes secretos valerosos.

Los auténticos enemigos, tanto entonces como ahora, no son las religiones rivales. La verdadera batalla es la que enfrenta a quienes creen en la tolerancia y el acuerdo contra tiranos dispuestos a imponer sus ideas a todo el mundo... y a cualquier precio.

Ken Follett is one of the world’s most successful authors. Over 170 million copies of the 36 books he has written have been sold in over 80 countries and in 33 languages.

Born on June 5th, 1949 in Cardiff, Wales, the son of a tax inspector, Ken was educated at state schools and went on to graduate from University College, London, with an Honours degree in Philosophy – later to be made a Fellow of the College in 1995.

He started his career as a reporter, first with his hometown newspaper the South Wales Echo and then with the London Evening News. Subsequently, he worked for a small London publishing house, Everest Books, eventually becoming Deputy Managing Director.

Ken’s first major success came with the publication of Eye of the Needle in 1978. A World War II thriller set in England, this book earned him the 1979 Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. It remains one of Ken’s most popular books.

In 1989, Ken’s epic novel about the building of a medieval cathedral, The Pillars of the Earth, was published. It reached number one on best-seller lists everywhere and was turned into a major television series produced by Ridley Scott, which aired in 2010. World Without End, the sequel to The Pillars of the Earth, proved equally popular when it was published in 2007.

Ken’s new book, The Evening and the Morning, will be published in September 2020. It is a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth and is set around the year 1,000, when Kingsbridge was an Anglo-Saxon settlement threatened by Viking invaders.

Ken has been active in numerous literacy charities and was president of Dyslexia Action for ten years. He was chair of the National Year of Reading, a joint initiative between government and businesses. He is also active in many Stevenage charities and is President of the Stevenage Community Trust and Patron of Home-Start Hertfordshire.

Ken, who loves music almost as much as he loves books, is an enthusiastic bass guitar player. He lives in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, with his wife Barbara, the former Labour Member of Parliament for Stevenage. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren and two Labradors.