Ken Follett’s magnificent historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House. . . . A … . . . A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in love with a German spy. . . . And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution.
From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families—and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again. . . .
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Sooooooo GOOD!!!!!!
One of the best historical fiction writers in the world!!!
Totally engaging!!!!
Great trilogy
learned a little more about countries and how the work or not together.. how WW1 started….This is a historical fiction.
Almost too much detail on a confusing war.
A great historical novel giving insight into the events that shaped the 20th century. Four stars because of all the unnecessary sexual content.
This is the way to teach people history (as Michner did for years)
I learned a lot about WWI. The book had interesting characters and really good sub plots. However, the ending of the book left me dissatisfied… all the sub plots were built up and then petered our at the end.
Just how many times can you write about a GD cathedral that keep falling down and taking the people with it (except the LORDS of course!!!).
DONT BOTHER!
Great read of a fastening time in history.
Fantastic story, so well written, intriguing and interesting! A real page turner!
Great historical book…very well written and interesting.
ExcellEnt read bout history of civilization
Historical fiction, thoroughly researched, well written.
Can’t recommend this highly enough! Love this author’s works.
excellent historical review of events leading to WW I
The writing takes you right there.
I’ve read all of Ken Follette’s novels and they can be dark but revealing about human behavior.
This author has written any books this one is one in a series and he is a great author in his books are exceptional
Very, very informative!!! Understand the world you live in and how it got that way.
White slavery in the twentieth century…
A boy, once a coal miner, tunnels under enemy trenches…
A young housekeeper seduced by a married Earl…
An English aristocrat runs away to enemy territory with a dashing German spy…
Monarchies more fit to fight Napoleon’s nineteenth-century armies square off against the Kaiser’s cutting-edge mechanical war machine.
Feel the thunder as oppressive empires come crashing to the ground and duck for cover as battling factions claim their remains.
Will the victors find true freedom, or will they fall into ever more tangled shackles?
Action, espionage, love and bloody revolution await you within Ken Follet’s, Fall of Giants.
Get it now!