Ken Follett's next epic heads to Victorian Britain, where strict morals meet secret passions

FILE - British author Ken Follett appears at a book event for "World Without End" in Rome on Sept. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Massimo, File)

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NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Follett's next historical epic is a story of forbidden romance set during a time of official propriety, the Victorian age.

Follett's “The Deep and Secret Things†will be published Sept. 21, 2027, Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK announced Wednesday. His novel follows the life of a noblewoman from South Wales, Helena Bowen, and her attraction to a charming, but disreputable acquaintance, Johnnie.

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