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'''''Fall of Giants''''' is a [[novel]] by the English author [[Ken Follett]], published by [[Pan Macmillan]]. |
'''''Fall of Giants''''' is a [[novel]] by the English author [[Ken Follett]], published by [[Pan Macmillan]]. This is the first novel in the [[Century trilogy]]. It follows five interrelated families in the Early Twentieth Century, Covering Notable events as [[World War I]], the [[Russian Revolution]], and the struggle for [[women’s suffrage]],<ref>http://www.ken-follett.com/bibliography/fall_of_giants.html Bibliography</ref> |
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==Plot summary== |
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Thirteen-year-old Billy Williams enters a man’s world in the Welsh mining pits…Gus Dewar, an American law student rejected in love, finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House…two orphaned Russian brothers, Grigori and Lev Peshkov, embark on radically different paths half a world apart when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription and revolution…Billy’s sister, Ethel, 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 Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London…. |
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These characters and many others find their lives inextricably entangled as, in a saga of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, Fall of Giants moves seamlessly from Washington to St. Petersburg, 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. |
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As always with Ken, the historical background is brilliantly researched and rendered, the action fast-moving, the characters rich in nuance and emotion. It is destined to be a new classic. |
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In future volumes of the Century trilogy, subsequent generations of the same families will travel through the great events of the rest of the twentieth century, changing themselves – and the century itself. With passion and the hand of a master, Ken brings us into a world we thought we knew, but now will never seem the same again.<ref>http://www.ken-follett.com/bibliography/fall_of_giants.html Bibliography</ref> |
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| Author | Ken Follett |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical Novel |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
Publication date | 2010-09-28 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (paperback and hardcover) |
Fall of Giants is a novel by the English author Ken Follett, published by Pan Macmillan. This is the first novel in the Century trilogy. It follows five interrelated families in the Early Twentieth Century, Covering Notable events as World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage,[1]