Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
Recommended by Tudor Mihailescu, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #5 in Mining, Ranked #11 in World War I — see more rankings.
This is an epic of love, hatred, war and revolution. This is a huge 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.It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London. Their destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to U.S.... more
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Tudor Mihailescu It’s vacation time so I got brave enough to start a sizeable trilogy by Ken Follett, The Century (Fall of Giants, Winter of the World, Edge of Eternity). The only expectation I had was to enjoy a good story, take my mind off into a different space. And it delivers, it’s a nice blend of history and fiction, an absorbing story throughout 20th century. (Source)
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Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #65 in Berlin
- #80 in Communism
- #17 in Customs
- #63 in Epic
- #51 in Fiction Series
- #39 in Historical Fiction
- #82 in Modern History
- #47 in Revolution
- #59 in Saga
- #76 in War
- #80 in War Fiction
- #74 in Wars
- #73 in World
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