Fall of giants : first in the Century trilogy
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Published
New York : Dutton, 2010.
Format
Books
ISBN
9780525951650, 0525951652
Physical Desc
985 pages 25 cm.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 52
Status
Sandown Public Library
FIC FOL
1 available
FIC FOL
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Sandown Public Library | FIC FOL | Available in Coop |
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Kimball Library | FIC FOLLE | Available in Coop |
Plaistow Public Library | FIC FOL | Available in Coop |
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Published
New York : Dutton, 2010.
Language
English
ISBN
9780525951650, 0525951652
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6.2, 52 Points
Level 6.2, 52 Points
Notes
Description
Ken Follett's World Without End was a global phenomenon, a work of grand historical sweep, beloved by millions of readers and acclaimed by critics as "well-researched, beautifully detailed [with] a terrifically compelling plot" (The Washington Post) and "wonderful history wrapped around a gripping story" (St. Louis Post- Dispatch)
Fall of Giants is his magnificent new historical epic. The first novel in The Century Trilogy, it follows the fates of five interrelated families-American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh-as they move through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage.
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...
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. As always with Ken Follett, 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.
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, Follett brings us into a world we thought we knew, but now will never seem the same again.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Follett, K. (2010). Fall of giants: first in the Century trilogy . Dutton.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Follett, Ken. 2010. Fall of Giants: First in the Century Trilogy. Dutton.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Follett, Ken. Fall of Giants: First in the Century Trilogy Dutton, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Follett, Ken. Fall of Giants: First in the Century Trilogy Dutton, 2010.
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