Title: Winter of the World Pdf Book Two of the Century Trilogy
Author: Ken Follett
Published Date: 2014-08-26
Page: 928
Praise for Winter of the World"Gripping . . . powerful." —The New York Times"Some of the biggest-picture fiction being written today." —The Seattle Times"A consistently compelling portrait of a world in crisis." —The Washington Post "Masterfully sweeping. . . . Political intrigue, amorous episodes, suspense, and drama. History comes to life." —The Louisville Courier-Journal"[Follett] is so good at plotting a story, even one that takes on such a complex topic such as the World War II era. That's what makes Winter of the World so hard to put down. You want to know what happens next." —The Associated Press"An entertaining historical soap opera." —Kirkus Reviews"The man tells a story so well. . . . Follett can make things glow with some beautifully written episodes." —St. Louis Post-Dispatch"Clips along at a brisk pace. . . [Follett] knows how to keep the pages turning and how to make the reader feel a kinship with the characters' struggles. . . . No matter the ultimate destination, readers can expect to savor the journey." —The Christian Science Monitor Ken Follett is one of the world’s best-loved authors, selling more than 160 million copies of his thirty books. Follett’s first bestseller was Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War. In 1989 The Pillars of the Earth was published, and has since become the author’s most successful novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah’s Book Club pick. Its sequels, World Without End and A Column of Fire, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold 38 million copies worldwide. Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors.
Picking up where Fall of Giants, the first novel in the extraordinary Century Trilogy, left off, Winter of the World follows its five interrelated families—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—through a time of enormous social, political, and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the Third Reich, through the great dramas of World War II, and into the beginning of the long Cold War.
Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life engulfed by the Nazi tide until daring to commit a deed of great courage and heartbreak . . . . American brothers Woody and Chuck Dewar, each with a secret, take separate paths to momentous events, one in Washington, the other in the bloody jungles of the Pacific . . . . English student Lloyd Williams discovers in the crucible of the Spanish Civil War that he must fight Communism just as hard as Fascism . . . . Daisy Peshkov, a driven social climber, cares only for popularity and the fast set until war transforms her life, while her cousin Volodya carves out a position in Soviet intelligence that will affect not only this war but also the war to come.
Look out for Ken's newest book, A Column of Fire, available now.
If you liked Fall of Giants, you'll be ready for this. This book continues the story from Fall of Giants. That book looked at the world events leading up to and including WW I and includes the Russian Revolution. This book starts up with events leading to and including WW II. The characters and their children continue from book one. The action occurs in the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, and Russia. The stories move between each character and the world events affecting them. It is not great literature, but it is great story telling. I found it to be a real page turner. Don't be turned off by its length. It is over 1000 pages long, but once you get caught up in the story the pages carry you on until the end.I've read the complete trilogy. It is entertaining and a great history lesson.Makes me want to re read Eye of the Needle and all his others, over again I read the first of this trilogy which is probably why I gave it a 4 instead of 5 star rating. Still an immensely interesting book with historical characters and mostly ones developed true for the time. The scenes can be lustful, anguishing and loving. This covers Hitler and the war in Germany and a little of the affects in France and Spain. Characters carry on from first book but you can read and thoroughly enjoy this one, even if you haven't read no. 1 Ken Follett has already, many times over, proved that he is a great, entertaining writer and this is another one. I even read it in the evening, a sign, for me, that it was a great book!Great 👍 read! I love this second book almost as much as my first Follett - Eye of the Needle.I can't wait till I get the next in the series. My sister was right, these are terrific books!After reading several books on Nazism, I see the juxtaposition of then and now. I also see the irony of what is happening in the USA - false hysteria, bullying of the press, xenophobia, sexism and hurt and pain to the weak and less fortunate. While Follett writes historical fiction, he is spot-on with his work as he paints the Nazi picture of hate and oppression. Thank you for writing this book and reminding us of how valuable our precious democracy is to us all. This story, his story, is exactly what is needed so that we never ever accept tyrants and dictators and repeat ourselves.
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