Author: Ken Follett

Cites

• A.J.P Taylor (1)
  • IN: Eye Of The Needle (1978) Fiction, Suspense, Spy fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: The Germans were almost completely deceived, only Hitler guessed right, and he hesitated to back his hunch…
    FROM: English History 1914-1945, (1965), Book, UK
• A.L Poole (1)
  • IN: The Pillars Of The Earth (1989) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: On the night of 25 November 1120 the White Ship set out for England and foundered off Barfleur with all hands save one… The vessel was the latest thing in marine transport, fitted with all the devices known to the shipbuilder of the time… The notoriety of this wreck is due to the very large number of distinguished persons on board; beside the king’s son and heir, there were two royal bastards, several earls and barons, and most of the royal household… its historical significance is that it left Henry without an obvious heir… its ultimate result was the disputed succession and the period of anarchy which followed Henry’s death.
    FROM: Domesday Book to Magna Carta, (1951), Book, UK
• Graham Greene (1)
  • IN: The Man From St. Petersburg (1982) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: One can’t love humanity. One can only love people.
    FROM: The Ministry of Fear, (1943), Novel, US
• Edgar Degas (1)
  • IN: The Modigliani Scandal (1976) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: One does not marry art. One ravishes it.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, France
• Bible (1)
  • IN: On Wings Of Eagles (1983) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
    FROM: Bible, EXODUS 19:4, (-165), Bible, NULL
• Irwin Rommel (1)
  • IN: The Key to Rebecca (1980) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Our spy in Cairo is the greatest hero of them all.
    FROM: NULL, (1942), NULL, Germany
• NULL (1)
  • IN: Night Over Water (1991) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: In September 1939 a British pound was worth $4.20. A shilling was one twentieth of a pound, or 21 cents. A penny was one twelfth of a shilling, or about two cents. A guinea was a pound and a shilling, or $4-41
    FROM: NULL, (None), [NA], NULL
• Thomas Powers (1)
  • IN: Code To Zero (2000) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: From its beginning in 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency… has spent millions of dollars on a major program of research to find drugs and other esoteric methods to bring ordinary people, willing and unwilling alike, under complete control— to act, to talk, to reveal the most precious secrets, even to forget on command.
    FROM: from the Introduction to The Search for the “Manchurian Candidate”: The CIA and Mind Control by John Marks, (1979), Book, US