These viewpoints include Earl Fitzherbert, “Fitz,” a dashing young aristocrat who seduces and impregnates Ethel Williams, the fiery daughter of a local coal miner, Fitz’s sister Maud, a champion for women’s suffrage that falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a German diplomat who must leave her to join the war effort, and Grigori Peshkov, a Russian peasant who becomes a leader in the Bolshevik Revolution. Aided somewhat by the size of the book - weighing in at 958 pages - Follett introduces characters ranging from rich English nobility to a Welsh mining family, German diplomats, Russian orphans and a host of other supporting characters. courtesy of įor anyone whose eyes glaze over at the mere thought of “historical fiction” and has horrifying flashbacks of high school history class, don’t worry “Fall of Giants” is, at its core, an entertaining read that weaves the lives of people from various backgrounds into historical context. Currently sitting at number two on the New York Times’ Best Sellers List, where it has been listed for the past three weeks, it seems Follett has achieved his goals. “Fall of Giants” is the first book of Follett’s Century Trilogy, which covers the events of the 1900s and continues the author’s tradition of conveying history through fiction. For his latest epic novel, “Fall of Giants,” British author Ken Follett set himself an ambitious goal: write an engrossing, somewhat historical account of the events of the early 20th century.
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