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Ken Follett begins this epic trilogy of the twentieth century in a small Welsh mining village in 1911. Fall of Giants follows families from five different nations – England, Germany, Russia, the United States, and Wales – through the cataclysmic events of the First World War as they change the world for better, for worse, and, most strikingly, for good. Women’s suffrage, the Russian Revolution, the rise of the Nazi Party, the Great Depression, and the Second World War are all directly tied to this war that was as futile as it was avoidable. Even the man who assassinated Arch-Duke Ferdinand was appalled at what he had wrought. Austria wants revenge. Russia feels threatened. Germany and France are dragged in by old alliances. England doesn’t want a strong Germany. Four long years of war and, no, it won’t be over by Christmas. This fantastic novel shows the human cost of the First World War, as well as humanity’s strengths, weaknesses, and appetite for destruction and money, love and freedom. This is our world at its very best and its very worst. It is a human story about a very human century, and a fascinating, absorbing, exciting read. I loved it. --Antonia S. <-- Back to Antonia's Recommendations |
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