Stolp ognennyy

by Ken Follett, Kirill Korolev (Translator)

Overview

Angliya. Seredina XVI veka. Vremya vosshestviya na prestol velikoy korolevy Elizavety I, prinyavshey Angliyu nischey i isterzannoy beskonechnymi dinasticheskimi raspryami i prevrativshey ee v pervuyu derzhavu Evropy. No poka do blistatelnogo elizavetinskogo «zolotogo veka» esche daleko, a molodoy monarhine-protestantke protivostoyat pochti vse evropeyskie strany – osobenno Frantsiya, zhelayuschaya posadit na angliyskiy tron sobstvennuyu stavlennitsu – katolichku Mariyu Styuart. Takova nelegkaya epoha, v kotoroy dovelos zhit yunoshe i devushke iz severnogo goroda Kingsbridzha, slavnogo svoim legendarnym soborom, - goroda, nyne razdelennogo i raskolotogo besposchadnoy vrazhdoy mezhdu protestantami i katolikami. I eta vrazhda, vozmozhno, navsegda razluchit Mardzheri Fitsdzherald, chya semya podderzhivaet Mariyu Styuart slovom i delom, i Neda Uillarda, kotorogo sudba privodit «na taynuyu sluzhbu ee velichestva», - v ryady legendarnyh shpionov korolevy Elizavety… Masshtabnaya istoricheskaya saga Kena Folletta prodolzhaetsya!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9785171011031
Publisher:	AST
Publication date:	05/20/2024
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	12 Years
Language:	Russian

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