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.
© 2011 Macmillan Digital Audio (Lydbok): 9780230756663
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Lydbok: 5. august 2011
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.
© 2011 Macmillan Digital Audio (Lydbok): 9780230756663
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Lydbok: 5. august 2011
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Jens
25. okt. 2020
Extremely interesting, indeed!
Ada
5. juni 2022
Ken Follett overbeviser som alltid. Han har en fantastisk fortellerstemme og evne til å levendegjøre historiske perioder. Og jeg anbefaler på det sterkeste å høre den på engelsk, utrolig godt lest inn. 🤩🤩🤩
Lena
26. juli 2022
Nok en gang, fantastisk bok fra Follett! Innleseren leser med ulike engelske dialekter og aksenter - noe jeg også setter meget stor pris på! Anbefales!
Mia
3. mai 2022
Fantastisk bra. Ikke minst fremføringen!
Are
26. jan. 2020
A great way to learn history
Ingunn
6. sep. 2020
Ok bok å få med seg😊
Gerd
28. feb. 2024
Fantastisk innleser. Og en bok som gir historisk kunnskap, samtidig som Denver spennende.
Diana
22. nov. 2020
Wonderful!
Sofie
17. nov. 2022
Koste meg gjennom 30 timer med lydbok!Litt tid tar det å kunne plassere karakterene, men det går seg til etter hvert👌
Karianne
19. sep. 2021
Kjempegod bok👍🏻👍🏻
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