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FOLLETT KEN FALL OF GIANTS

The first in Ken Follett's ground-breaking 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  the Peshkovs  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 .    *Ken Follett's Column of Fire was an instant Sunday
Times HB bestseller when it published in 2017

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