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Winter of the World is the second novel in Ken Follett’s uniquely ambitious Century trilogy. On its own or read in sequence with Fall of Giants and Edge of Eternity, this is a gripping epic of global conflict and personal drama.
A BATTLE OF IDEALS
1933, and at Cambridge, Lloyd Williams is drawn to irresistible socialite Daisy Peshkov, who represents everything that his left-wing family despise, but Daisy is more interested in aristocratic Boy Fitzherbert, a leading light of the British Union of Fascists.
AN EVIL UPRISING
Berlin is in turmoil. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on Germany. Many are resolved to oppose Hitler’s brutal regime – but are they willing to betray their country?
A GLOBAL CONFLICT ON A SCALE NEVER SEEN BEFORE
Shaken by the tyranny and the prospect of war, five interconnected families’ lives become ever more enmeshed. An international clash of military power and personal beliefs is sweeping the world, but what will this new war mean for those who must live through it?
*Ken Follett’s Column of Fire was an instant Sunday Times HB bestseller when it published in 2017
ASIN : B0071BGOJC
Publisher : Macmillan; New Edit/Cover edition (13 September 2012)
Language : English
File size : 2.5 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 929 pages
Best Sellers Rank: #87,109 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #319 in 20th Century Historical Fiction (Kindle Store) #883 in Action & Adventure (Books) #887 in Historical Fiction (Books)
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Customers find this book to be a must-read about World War II, appreciating its well-written style and believable characters. They praise the author’s skill in mixing history and fiction, with one customer noting how the story is cleverly related across four generations.