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Ken Follett tackles the building of Stonehenge in his latest book, Circle Of Days 

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Welsh novelist Ken Follett visited Stonehenge multiple times while researching for his book Circle Of Days.

Welsh novelist Ken Follett visited Stonehenge multiple times while researching for his book Circle Of Days.

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SINGAPORE –Trust best-selling Welsh novelist Ken Follett to breathe spectacle into a pile of stones. It was a book about the building of a mediaeval cathedral, after all, that catapulted him into the literary stratosphere. 

The 76-year-old got his start writing thrillers, but cemented his legacy with historical fiction.

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