Ken Follett
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Spanish sunshine and a Spanish novel: “Fortunata and Jacinta”.
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I'm a bit dazed. President Macron of France and Madame Macron are giving a dinner for King Charles and Queen Camilla at the Palace of Versailles next Wednesday--and I'm invited. Wow.
@EmmanuelMacron
@RoyalFamily
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@realDonaldTrump
I live next to Trafalgar Square. We Brits love the USA, but there were no demonstrations in support of Trump.
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It’s done. I have finished the copy edit for my upcoming book,
#TheArmourOfLight
. Pre-order your copy here:
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Today I start a new novel. Chapter 1, page 1. I love this feeling. Anything can happen.
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I have asked my publishers not to advertise my books in the Mail.
#StopFundingHate
.
@lidl
@LidlUK
Please stop advertising in these papers. You are Supermarket of the Year: set an example
#StopFundingHate
#GoodwillToAll
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I’d love to know what you are reading for
#NationalReadaBookDay
(even if it’s not one of mine).
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Here is the
#Kingsbridge
timeline, which chronicles the last 1,000 years of Western Civilisation. From the Vikings to the Battle of Waterloo, which period is your favourite to read about?
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If you're looking for a good long book to make self-isolation a pleasure, may I mention that The Pillars of the Earth is about 375,000 words, World Without End is 415,000, and A Column of fire is 300,000. (Most novels are around 100,000.) Just saying.
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My thanks to actor Richard Armitage (Thorin Oakenshield in
@TheHobbitMovie
) for a great job reading
#TheManfromStPetersburg
as an audiobook.
@RCArmitage
@PanMacmillan
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No. It's just that my house is too small.
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To all my readers, wherever you are in the world, I wish you all a wonderful holiday season and a happy and prosperous New Year.
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The fire is out, and much has survived, including the wonderful flying buttresses at the east end.
#NotreDame
#NotreDameCathedralFire
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Demain je visiterai la cathédrale a Dol-de-Bretagne, fondée par Saint Samson--un Gallois!
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My greatest luxury is to have nothing to do all day but sit around and read.
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Man goes mad on Tube. But in London they can't buy guns. So, just 2 stabbed, neither fatally. Gun control saves lives. End of story.
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Now this is cool. I'm in the Great Library of Alexandria, in Egypt, probably the oldest library in the world.
#librarians
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Estoy en Madrid.
I’m looking forward to enjoying some Spanish hospitality and talking about
#TheArmourOfLight
with my Spanish readers.
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There’s revolution on the streets of Kingsbridge. But is it the dawn of a new age or the end of an era?
“The Armour of Light” is coming on 26 September 2023
#KingsbridgeFive
. Pre-order here:
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Our beloved son Emanuele, whom I called Sunshine, died on Tuesday evening, just as the sun was going down over London. He was 49. He had been fighting leukaemia for four months. Pics show the two of us in 1969 & 2014.
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Interviewer: Mr Johnson, what’s your favourite lie?
Boris: I haven’t told any lies
Interviewer: Yes, that’s my favourite too.
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Dear Mr Trump, I know of someone whose behaviour is bad and erratic and who may be mentally disturbed. His job is President of the United States. Which authorities should I report him to? Yours sincerely, Ken Follett.
So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!
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For a really scary Halloween, try World Without End, which begins on the night of 31 October 1327.
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I’m 74 today. When I was 11 I got a very cool haircut. (My father was furious.)
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Here is the charming cover for the Dutch edition of my new book,
#TheArmourOfLight
. It will be published by
@Meulenhoff
on Tuesday 26th September 2023 and will be available to pre-order soon.
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Here I am on the set of The Pillars of Earth miniseries back in 2009 with Eddie Redmayne. Did you watch the miniseries?
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You couldn't make it up: I drop into a bar in London for a martini, and sit next to a guy called Dick Brown who says: "My son writes thrillers, his name is Dan..."
@AuthorDanBrown
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I like the Chaucer Bookshop in Stratford upon Avon. The Shakespeare shelf says "Local author".
#IndieBookshopWeek
!
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I'm looking forward to speaking at
#TheQueensReadingRoom
literary festival tomorrow at Hampton Court.
@TheQueensReadingRoom
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I'm proud to be an anti-hate headbanger. When the Daily Mail sneers at you, you're sure to be doing the right thing.
The Daily Mail has called us 'anti-hate headbangers'. Join the party...
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Season’s Greetings to my readers around the world. What book are you hoping Santa will bring you?
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I am thrilled to announce that The Evening and the Morning will be published in the US and UK on Tuesday 15 September 2020. To preorder please visit: US🇺🇸 readers: / UK🇬🇧 readers: .
#CoverReveal
#TheEveningandtheMorning
#2020
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I’m preparing to film my course on “Writing Bestselling Fiction” for BBC Maestro. Summing up what I’ve learned in the last 50 years.
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When I was seven years old I joined the public library in Cowbridge Road, Canton, Cardiff. Unlimited books, free—it was like Christmas every week.
#InternationalChildrensBookDay
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#WinterOfTheWorld
, the 2nd book in my
#CenturyTrilogy
, was published 11 years ago today. The Century Trilogy remains one of my most ambitious undertakings as a writer.
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I have been struck down with Covid. Apologies for all the cancellations. This variant is much nastier than the previous one--I actually spent two days in bed. Now I'm feeling better but still testing positive. Bummer.
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Abandoned in the street in a cat bag, rescued by my grandchildren, and named by me. Meet Bill.
#RescueDogs
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Merci, M. Premier Ministre!
J’ai lu «Pour rien au monde» de Ken Follet.
Un roman qui tombe à point.
Une présidente des É-U essaie d’éviter une guerre nucléaire avec la Chine.
Personnages attachants.
Passionnant mais troublant.
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This afternoon I'll be talking to my publishers around the world (83 people) by Zoom to introduce my next book, Never.
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13 years ago today,
#FallOfGiants
was published. It is the first novel in the Century Trilogy, which follows five families throughout the course of the 20th century.
PS I’ve lost a lot of weight since then.
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The rafters consist of hundreds of tons of wood, old and very dry. When that burns the roof collapses, then the falling debris destroys the vaulted ceiling, which also falls and destroys the mighty stone pillars that are holding the whole thing up.
#NotreDame
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My upcoming novel
#TheArmourOfLight
will be the 5th book in the Kingsbridge series. I’m thrilled to see the re-packaged covers by
@panmacmillan
for the first four Kingsbridge novels. You can see the covers in more detail here:
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One of the greatest achievements of medieval civilization: Salisbury Cathedral.
@SalisburyCath
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"The Pillars of the Earth" is often recommended by history teachers for 16 -year-olds, but some parents object to the love scenes and want the book banned from the school library. My opinion? Those kids will find out about sex anyway.
@BannedBooksWeek
#BannedBooksWeek
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Today is
#NationalWritingDay
. The bookcase behind me contains one copy of each edition and translation of the books I’ve written in the last 50 years. My new book
#TheArmourOfLight
completes an eight-volume cycle of novels, chronicling the last 1000 years of Western civilisation.
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I’m excited for you to meet my new characters in The Evening and the Morning. I hope you fall in love with some and hate others. Who are you most looking forward to reading about? Watch my introduction on my Facebook page
#KingsbridgeFestival
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There are only four months left until the release of my upcoming novel,
#TheArmourOfLight
. Are you ready to return to Kingsbridge? Pre-order your copy here:
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Huge compliment from an author I admire tremendously. Thank you, Steve.
Ken Follett can't write a bad book, and NEVER is his best. It's terrifying. I defy anyone to put it down once the last 150 pages are reached.
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I’d love to know what YOU are reading on
#WorldBookDay
(even if it’s not one of mine).
#ShareAStory
@WorldBookDayUK
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It was an honour to join Her Majesty The Queen, fellow authors, actors and literature lovers at a reception to celebrate the work of
#TheQueensReadingRoom
.
📖 This evening The Queen hosted a reception at Clarence House to mark the findings of a pioneering new research study commissioned by The Queen’s Reading Room.
🧠 The neuroscientific research examined the connection between reading and wellbeing.
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32 years ago today. Think I'll keep her another 32. Then I'll be 100. After that, all bets are off.
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I can hardly believe that
#EyeOfTheNeedle
was published 45 years ago today and readers are still enjoying it. .
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My isolation reading: All the great old James Bond
@007
novels by Ian Fleming
@jamesbondlive
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My
#Kingsbridge
series continues on 26 September with
#TheArmourOfLight
. No need to start at the beginning—you can read the books in any order.
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My latest Kingsbridge novel
#TheArmourOfLight
has now been out for a month. So far, it has reached No. 1 in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Hungary and South Africa.
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The phases of
@DryJanuary
:
1 OK, no booze for a month
2 It isn't so bad
3 This is a breeze. I might do Dry February.
4 Glass of wine would be nice, though
5 I could murder a martini
6 Are we really only half way through?
7 How many more days?
8 I'm never doing Dry January again.
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