Fall of Giants
05 August 2011Imprint: Macmillan Digital Audio
Synopsis
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.
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Details
05 August 20111843 minutes
John Lee
9780230756663Imprint: Macmillan Digital Audio
Reviews
Few works set out with such a grand concept as Ken Follett’s new Century trilogy, but part one suggests that the series will be one of the literary masterpieces of our timeSunday Times
He’s pulled it off again with Fall of Giants: it’s classic Follett with the brewing cataclysm of war given a human angleSunday Express
Follett is masterly in conveying so much drama and historical information so vividlyScotsman
The master storyteller Ken Follett knits together British, American, German and Russian points of view from the start to the end of the First World War into a fascinating and remarkably fertile tapestry of society and politicsThe Times
