Ken Follett
Ken Follett is a Welsh author known for epic historical novels spanning centuries and continents.
His breakthrough *The Eye of the Needle* (1978) established him in thriller fiction, but he's best known for *The Pillars of the Earth* (1989), a saga of medieval cathedral-building that became an international bestseller.
His novels blend meticulous historical research with sweeping narratives of war, politics, and human ambition: I'm reading the Follett trilogy about World War I.
Writer of prose narratives
- writerCreator of texts
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
- fictionImagined narrative work
- literatureBody of written works
manuscript · publishing · editor · prose · narrative · characterization · dialogue · plot
Covert intelligence gathering
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- spyCovert information gatherer
- tensionStretched or strained state
- cliffhangerSuspenseful unresolved ending
twist · pacing · action · conspiracy · assassin · covert · danger · chase
Town in southwest England
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- monksCloistered religious men
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
monarchy · aristocracy · guilds · serfdom · Black Death · twelfth century · master builder · priory
Enormously successful entertainment property
- chart-topperSong at position one
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- page-turnerCompulsively readable book
must-read · bestselling · popular · acclaimed · award-winning · mass-market · international sales · book club
First global military conflict
- World War IISecond global military conflict
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- multigenerationalInvolving multiple age cohorts
- family sagaMultigenerational narrative chronicle
novelist
Writer of prose narratives
- writerCreator of texts
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
- fictionImagined narrative work
literature · manuscript · publishing · editor · prose · narrative · characterization · dialogue · plot · theme
espionage
Covert intelligence gathering
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- spyCovert information gatherer
- tensionStretched or strained state
cliffhanger · twist · pacing · action · conspiracy · assassin · covert · danger · chase · WWII
Kingsbridge
Town in southwest England
feudalism · monarchy · aristocracy · guilds · serfdom · Black Death · twelfth century · master builder · priory · Gothic architecture
blockbuster
Enormously successful entertainment property
- chart-topperSong at position one
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
page-turner · must-read · bestselling · popular · acclaimed · award-winning · mass-market · international sales · book club · commercial success
World War I
First global military conflict
- World War IISecond global military conflict
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- multigenerationalInvolving multiple age cohorts
family saga · twentieth century · political upheaval · social change
Triple
Meaning three, capitalized
Ken FollettJames Joyce
Virginia Woolf · Samuel Beckett · Thomas Pynchon · Cormac McCarthy · David Foster Wallace
Ken FollettErnest Hemingway
flash fiction · Samuel Beckett · Franz Kafka · spare prose · brevity