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Dutton Acquires New Trilogy, The Century Trilogy, by #1 Bestselling Author Ken Follett

Ken Follett, who debuted in the #1 slot on The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly lists, as well in the top five on international bestseller lists for his already critically-acclaimed novel, World Without End, will write a new epic trilogy, The Century Trilogy. The news was announced last week by Leslie Gelbman, President of Mass Market Paperbacks, Penguin Group (USA), and Brian Tart, President and Publisher of Dutton. Paperback editions of the trilogy will be released by New American Library one year later after each hardcover edition.

As in his record-breaking international bestsellers, The Pillars of The Earth and World Without End, this new trilogy will focus on intense personal dramas set against the vast looming background of world-changing historical events, including the Great Depression, the rise of Adolf Hitler, the legendary battles of World War I and II, the development and deployment of the atomic bomb, the space race, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The first book in the trilogy, which Dutton will publish in hardcover in 2010, will take place before and up to World War I. Book Two, set to be published in 2012, will encompass World War II, and Book Three, due out in 2014, will conclude during the Cold War.