The first in Ken Follett's breathtaking Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a captivating novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women.
A World in Chaos
1911, a thirteen-year-old boy, Billy Williams, begins working down the mines as George V is crowned king. The escalating arms race between the empire nations will put not only the king but this young boy in grave danger.
A Terrible War
Billy’s family is inextricably linked with the Fitzherberts, the aristocratic owners of the coal mine where he works. And when Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German embassy in London, their destiny also becomes entangled with that of Gus Dewar, an ambitious young aide to Woodrow Wilson, and two orphaned Russian brothers whose plan to emigrate to America falls foul of conscription, revolution and imminent war.
A Revolution That Will Change Everything
When Russia convulses in bloody revolution and the Great War unfolds, the five families’ futures are entwined forever, love bringing them closer even as conflict takes them further apart. What seeds will be sown for further tragedy in the twentieth century and what role will each play in what is to come?
Continue the captivating Century Trilogy with Winter of the World and Edge of Eternity.
Tom-Åge
10/10/2024
Et nytt mesterverk fra Ken Follett. John Lee som fortellerstemme er et perfekt valg . God med dialekter som setter deg kjapt inn i scenen . Liker du Ken Follet sin Kingsbridge serie , så blir du neppe skuffet over denne. Kunne godt ha vært lenger for å få med seg flere detaljer og scope fra 1 verdenskrig.
Geir
10/9/2023
Great
Anonymous
7/18/2022
Excellent historical account of the period from the origins of World War One to the end of the Russian revolution. Told through the colourful and engaging lives of miners, and lords, soldiers and suffragettes.
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