A Column of Fire PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2001) When William Ebbs is taken

When William Ebbs is taken from a creaking cargo boat and made Captain of a luxury liner

when Kate was sure she had finally lost him completely

“Paris Was Yesterday” shows that Miss Flanner observed nearly everybody from Mistinguett and Cécile Sorel to Edith Wharton and Ernest Hemingway and nearly everything — from Charles Lindbergh's landing and Josephine Baker's debut to the Stavisky riots and the Munich agreement

Mark Twain's story about a young boy and his journey down the Mississippi was the first great novel to speak in a truly American voice

offering a nostalgic journey through the vibrant sounds of the early '90s

A Column of Fire PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2001) When William Ebbs is takenAs Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with his magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and Protestants, royalty and commoners