Fall of Giants

基本信息

By (author)  Ken Follett

Format Paperback | 942 pages

Dimensions 104.14 x 170.18 x 38.1mm | 385.55g

Publication date 04 Sep 2012

Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Imprint Signet

Publication City/Country New York, United States

Language English

Edition statement Reprint

Illustrations note maps

ISBN10 0451232852

ISBN13 9780451232854

内容简介

Ken Follett s magnificent new historical epic begins, as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man s world in the mining pits. An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson s White House. 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 a German spy. And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. 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, " Fall of Giants" takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again. "

作者简介

Ken Follett was twenty-seven when he wrote "Eye of the Needle," an award-winning thriller that became an international bestseller. 

After several more successful thrillers, he surprised everyone with "Pillars of the Earth," about the building of a cathedral in the Middle Ages, which continues to captivate readers all over the world. Its long-awaited sequel, "World Without End," was a national and international bestseller. Follett's new magnificent historical epic, The Century Trilogy, opened with the bestselling "Fall of Giants," which introduced readers to five interrelated families navigating the 20th century. He lives in England with his wife, Barbara Follett.