Man of Nazareth is a historical novel by Anthony Burgess based on his screenplay for Franco Zeffirelli's TV miniseries "Jesus of Nazareth".
 It is one of a trilogy of Burgess books with biblical themes, the others being "The Kingdom of the Wicked" and "".
Erec and Enide (French: Érec et Énide ) is the first of Chrétien de Troyes' five romance poems, completed around 1170.
 It is one of three completed works by the author.
 Consisting of about 7000 lines of Old French, the poem is one of the earliest known Arthurian romances in any language, predated only by the Welsh prose narrative "Culhwch and Olwen".
Before the Dawn (夜明け前 , Yoakemae ) is Tōson Shimazaki's most famous historical novel.
 It was originally published in "Chūōkōron" in 1929 as a serial work.
 Shinchosha later published the work in novel form, with the first part being released in January 1932 and the second part being released in November 1935.
 It started with the phrase "The entire Kisoji is in the mountains" (木曾路はすべて山の中である "Kisoji wa subete yama no naka de aru").
 The Kisoji ran through Shimazaki's hometown in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Born and raised in Bastia Umbra, Italy, he later on moved to Rome, where he lives.
 After studying acting in Perugia (at Centro Teatrale Universitario), Rome (at La maschera in soffitta and with acting coaches Gisella Burinato and Ivana Chubbuck), Milan (with actor Filippo Timi) and London (at Guildhall School of Music and Drama), he made his television debut at age 21, in 2008, with two small roles in La scelta di Laura, directed by Alessandro Piva, and Amiche mie, directed by Paolo Genovese and Luca Miniero.
 He then went on appearing in many successful TV series, such as Don Matteo, directed by Giulio Base, and Inspector Rex, directed by Marco Serafini.
 In 2013, he has a leading role in the very popular TV miniseries Pupetta – Il coraggio e la passione, directed by Luciano Odorisio.
 In 2014 he is part of the main cast of the TV movie Francesco, directed by Liliana Cavani in English for the European market.
A Respectable Trade is a 1995 historical novel by Philippa Gregory set in the Bristol docks in 1787.
 Gregory adapted her work into a four-part TV miniseries which was broadcast by the BBC in 1998 and by the PBS in the United States in the fall of 1999.
 The series was partially filmed on site in Bristol, utilising the former house (and now museum) of plantation and slave owner John Pinney.
 "A Respectable Trade" was nominated in several BAFTA categories, including best serial, winning one BAFTA for Frances Tempest's historical costumes.
Anatole Taubman (born 23 December 1970) is a Swiss actor, who has appeared in many films, such as a henchman in the James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace", Stanislav Turgin in the film "", and as the monk Remigius in the TV miniseries "The Pillars of the Earth", but also in Swiss productions as "Marmorera" (2007).
 In 2012, he played also a bigger role in "Fünf Freunde" an adaptation of one of the famous books of Enid Blyton's Famous Five.
 He made an appearance as a Jewish prisoner in the TV miniseries "Band of Brothers", as well in the Swiss-Austrian feature film "Akte Grüninger" in 2013.
 Taubmann is the executive producer of the movie "She's Funny That Way", with Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson.
 In 2017, he will appear in the Netflix German language series "Dark".
Dennis Huntley, born in Weybridge in Surrey, England, is a British sculptor, furniture designer and author.
 A Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, he has completed works for cathedrals, individual collectors and other organisations.
 Among his most notable works are his sculptures for Guildford Cathedral.
John Adams is a 2001 biography of the Founding Father and second U.S. President, John Adams, written by the popular American historian David McCullough, which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
 It has been made into a TV miniseries with the same name by HBO Films.
 Since the TV miniseries debuted, an alternative cover has been added to the book showing Paul Giamatti as John Adams.
 The book is available as both hardcover and paperback.
World Without End is an eight-episode 2012 television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Ken Follett.
 It is a sequel to the 2010 miniseries "The Pillars of the Earth", also based on a Follett novel.
 "World Without End" is set 150 years after "The Pillars of the Earth" and chronicles the experiences of the fictional English town of Kingsbridge during the start of the Hundred Years' War and the outbreak of the Black Death.
 The cast is led by Cynthia Nixon, Miranda Richardson, Ben Chaplin, Peter Firth, Charlotte Riley, and Tom Weston-Jones.
 The miniseries varies significantly from the novel in both the plot and characterizations.
The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England.
 It is set in the middle of the 12th century, primarily during the Anarchy, between the time of the sinking of the "White Ship" and the murder of Thomas Becket.
 The book traces the development of Gothic architecture out of the preceding Romanesque architecture, and the fortunes of the Kingsbridge priory and village against the backdrop of historical events of the time.

Question: Which famous historical novel author completed works that inspired two popular TV miniseries?
Answer: Ken Follett