Ken Follett Books Review: Hornet Flight

Synopsis: June 1941. World War II. For years, British planes are systematically slaughtered by the enemy fighters who seem to know in advance routes and destinations. But on a small Danish island of the Germans occupied the eighteen year old Harald Olufsen encounters in arming a secret that is keeping in check the RAF, a kind of radar that can pick up signals of the air announcing their attack.

After experiencing "The Hammer of Eden" I started with joy to read the novels of the famous Ken Follett, being very satisfied.

"The Flight of the Bumblebee" is basically a short novel (especially when compared to "The Pillars of the Earth "!!!), but action-packed. Unlike Dan Brown likes to use up the suspense exasperation, in The Flight of the Bumblebee ", Follett uses the cross-narrative, describing the adventures of its protagonists in separate chapters, but because they generally do not provoke the reader with a chapter also closes a particular action.
Certainly, this novel has the charm and attraction of "A Dangerous Fortune", but the author manages to set a good story in a dark period of our time, that was the Second World War.

If I had to challenge something in this novel, I would say that Follett has a little 'overuse characters who in one way or the other end to mate, making quite a few events rates.

The narrative is insistent but not excessively so, and this allows us to get more familiar with the main characters and understand what role to play or go with the progression of the plot.

We can not however say that the protagonists are fully characterized, as we see them mostly grow along with history, embedded in the dark period in which it takes place. Do not expect then to see the characters in the depths of investigation, but simply meet people that we know just enough to understand the choices and attitudes.

A novel that I recommend...

Ken Follett Biography

The well-known writer Ken Follett was born in Cardiff, Wales, June 5, 1949. The son of a tax inspector, he studied in London and consgue a degree in philosophy. Become a reporter, first for the newspaper in his city "the South Wales Echo, and later for the London Evening News." While working, he wrote a first novel, which is able to publish, but that will not become a bestseller. He then worked for a small London publishing house, Everest Books, becoming editorial director. Meanwhile, for pleasure and passion in his spare time he continued to write.

He made his debut in the professional world of the novels in 1978 with "Eye of the Needle", a thriller, masterful masterpiece of suspense, solid and original with a memorable female character in the title role. The book won the Edgar award and became a movie for the big screen, a great film that sees Kate Nelligan and Donald Sutherland as the protagonists.

After the success of "Eye of the Needle, Follett other titles have inspired movies and television miniseries, from" The Key to Rebecca "and" On Wings of Eagles. " This work tells the true story of how two of Ross Perot impieagti are rescued from Iran during the revolution of 1979. The book will inspire a TV miniseries with Richard Crenna and Burt Lancaster.

Follett was able to experience success with other literary genres, in addition to the mystery. His most famous title, in this sense, is "The Pillars of the Earth", one of the most popular titles by author Welsh fans: the book totaled eighteen weeks of stay at the top of the charts of best-selling books on the New York Times . "The Pillars of the Earth" has been for over six years one of the top sellers in Germany and reached the top spot on the charts in Canada, Britain and Italy.

In 1994, Timothy Dalton, Omar Sharif and Marg Helgenberger are the protagonists of the television miniseries "Lie Down with Lions", inspired by his self-titled work.

Ken Follett returns to the thriller with the publication of "The Third Twin", greeted with a dramatic increase in interest from the public, so as to be the second best-selling book in the world in 1997 (second only to "Partner", by John Grisham).

In 1998 he released "The Hammer of Eden," another novel full of suspense.

His later works are "Code to Zero" (2000), "Jackdaws" (2001), "The Flight of the Bumblebee" (2002), "In White" (2004), "World Without End" (2007, the sequel to "Pillars of the Earth", a masterpiece that has earned the considerable number of 90 million copies sold worldwide).

Ken is currently married to Barbara Follett, Member of Parliament in the ranks of Labor. The couple lives in London and Stevenage (Hertfordshire), along with a vast array of children born in previous marriages. The British writer is a great lover of Shakespeare, and you can often meet the performances required by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London. She loves music and plays bass in a band called "Damn Right I Got the Blues".

Ken Follett Books Review

Hornet Flight - Ken Follett Book Review

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Ken Follett Biography