Fall of Giants

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. . . .

Look out for Ken's newest book, A Column of Fire, available now.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 08/30/2011
ISBN: 9780451232571
Pages: 985
Weight: 2.63lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.07w x 1.63d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 09/11/2011 pg. 32

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 162745 / Fall of Giants
Reading Level: 6.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 52