Ken Follett is well known as a thriller writer and I have read with interest his Eye of the Needle (1978). A few years ago, Follett changed course and started writing historical novels. The Century Trilogy consists of three huge tomes covering the 20th century. The first novel Fall of Giants (2010) covers the period from 1911 to 1924. The second novel Winter of the World (2012) covers 1933 to 1949. The third Edge of Eternity (2014) covers 1961 to 1989.
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Monday, 5 January 2015
THE DEADLIEST OF ALL – REVIEW OF SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE’S “THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES”
Some people are of the opinion that cancer is a recent disease, just over a hundred years old, brought about by changes in lifestyle. However, oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee in his Pulitzer-winning The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (2011) shows that there are records of cancer over the last five thousand years. Carefully preserved mummies have been studied and diagnosed to be bearing symptoms of cancer.
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