In the start I didn’t notice it too much, but a lot of the characters seemed to have liberal political views, as opposed the broader spectrum in previous books. I was aware of this before I started reading, but even so I was surprised at how much of Follett’s political opinions had crept into the book. The Follett books have always been a bit political, but none more so than this book. The book focuses a lot on civil rights in America, the split between east and west Germany, and the gradual downfall of communism. Most of the characters in Fall of Giants are now elderly, assuming they are still alive. This time it follows the descendants of Winter of the World’s major characters, who now almost all married and with children, with a few exceptions.
Like Winter of the World before it, Edge of Eternity follows the family lines set up at the end of Fall of Giants. Edge of Eternity is the last instalment in the series, and covers the history of the second half of the 20th Century, ranging from the sixties all the way until the end of the eighties, covering almost thirty years in the process. We’re finally here, at the end of Follett’s Century Trilogy. What seeds will be sown for further tragedy in the twentieth century and what role will each play in what is to come?Ĭontinue the captivating Century Trilogy with Winter of the World and Edge of Eternity. When Russia convulses in bloody revolution and the Great War unfolds, the five families’ futures are entwined forever, love bringing them closer even as conflict takes them further apart. And when Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German embassy in London, their destiny also becomes entangled with that of Gus Dewar, an ambitious young aide to Woodrow Wilson, and two orphaned Russian brothers whose plan to emigrate to America falls foul of conscription, revolution and imminent war. The escalating arms race between the empire nations will put not only the king but this young boy in grave danger.īilly’s family is inextricably linked with the Fitzherberts, the aristocratic owners of the coal mine where he works. The first in Ken Follett's breathtaking Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a captivating novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women.ġ911, a thirteen-year-old boy, Billy Williams, begins working down the mines as George V is crowned king.
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