Die Pfeiler der Macht (A Dangerous Fortune)

by Ken Follett, Till R. Lohmeyer (Translator), Christel Rost (Translator)

Overview

Das Haus Pilaster, eine der angesehensten Bankiersfamilien Londons, wird insgeheim von der schönen Augusta beherrscht. Hinter einer Fassade der Wohlanständigkeit treibt sie rücksichtslos ihre ehrgeizigen Pläne voran, die schon bald das Fundament des Finanzimperiums erschüttern und die Pfeiler der Macht ins Wanken bringen. Wird es Hugh Pilaster gelingen, den drohenden Ruin des Bankhauses abzuwenden und damit sein eigenes Lebensglück und das vieler anderer Menschen zu retten?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783838703381
Publisher:	Bastei Lübbe
Publication date:	07/13/2010
Series:	luebbe digital ebook Series
Sold by:	Libreka GmbH
Format:	eBook
Pages:	621
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years
Language:	German

About the Author

Ken Follett is one of the world's best-loved authors, selling more than 188 million copies of his 35+ books. Follett's first bestseller was Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War. In 1989, The Pillars of the Earth was published and has since become Follett's most popular novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah's Book Club pick. Its sequels, World Without End, A Column of Fire, and The Armor of Light, and prequel The Evening and the Morning, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold more than fifty million copies worldwide. Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife, Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors.

Hometown:

Hertfordshire, England

Date of Birth:

June 5, 1949

Place of Birth:

Cardiff, Wales

Education:

B.A. in Philosophy, University College, London, 1970