Book description
An old man wearing a brown robe is found wandering disoriented in the
Arizona desert. He is miles from any human habitation and has no
memory of how he got to be there, or who he is. The only clue to his
identity is the plan of a medieval monastery in his pocket.
So begins the mystery of Timeline, a story that will catapult
a group of young scientists back to the Middle Ages and into the heart
of the Hundred Years' War.
Timeline cements Michael Crichton's place as the king of the
high-concept thriller, and a master storyteller to boot.
Born in Chicago in 1942,
Michael Crichton
first trained as a doctor before going on to become one of the most
successful writers in the world. In 1994 he achieved a feat unmatched by
any other writer: by having simultaneously a number one TV series, book
and movie with, respectively,
ER
(which he created),
Disclosure
and Steven Spielberg's
Jurassic Park
, on its release the highest-grossing film of all time. He also directed
several movies, including
The Great Railway Robbery
with Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland. His high-concept thrillers
were international bestsellers, and in total his books have sold more
than 200 million copies worldwide. He died in 2008.
