![]() ![]() The New York Times Book Review Follett conjures the winds of war. Review Quotes Praise for Fall of Giants Follett is masterly in conveying so much drama and historical information so vividly. ![]() Look out for Kens newest book, A Column of Fire, available now. 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. And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. 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. An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilsons White House. ![]() ![]() A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a mans world in the mining pits. Book Synopsis Ken Folletts magnificent new historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for womens suffrage. About the Book Follows the fates of five interrelated families-American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh-as they move through the dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for womens suffrage. ![]()
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