Fall of Giants
Century Trilogy (abridged), Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Dan Stevens
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By:
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Ken Follett
About this listen
Abridged edition, read by Dan Stevens (Legion, Downton Abbey)
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.
A World in Chaos
1911, a thirteen-year-old boy, Billy Williams, begins working down the mines as George V is crowned king. The escalating arms race between the empire nations will put not only the king but this young boy in grave danger.
A Terrible War
Billy’s family is inextricably linked with the Fitzherberts, the aristocratic owners of the coal mine where he works. 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.
A Revolution That Will Change Everything
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. What seeds will be sown for further tragedy in the twentieth century and what role will each play in what is to come?
Continue the captivating Century Trilogy with Winter of the World and Edge of Eternity.
©Ken Follett 2010 (P)2010 Macmillan Digital AudioWhat listeners say about Fall of Giants
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- Brodie
- 05-21-11
Seamless
Bringing a disperate groups of characters together in a historiical environment and making them intertwine is a true art. Almost ***** but for the read; getting an English accent right is something only the English can really do.
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- Emilia
- 03-07-15
Brilliant!
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Surprising, even thought we kind of know the destination it give us pure pleasure from the start to the end. And Dan Stevens is more than qualified to lead us through this audio journey. Brilliantly read with ambitious story.
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- Amazon Kunde
- 04-16-19
Anfangs etwas verwirrend
Anfang etwas verwirrend, da viele Charakteren vorkommen die alle an einem anderen Ort spielen. Ansonsten sehr spannend.
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- Ales Kalina
- 12-21-10
Great story, perfect narrating
I listen to it when driving and walking and I did not want to stop driving and walking. John Lee is super!
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- Anonymous User
- 10-12-21
riveting cross century historical novel
loved the performance, accents were dramatic and well executed. Follet has to be one of the greatest storytellers of our time. with absolute precision he weaves the dramatic events of the early 20th century into a brilliant, plausible story...across 3 continents. couldn't stop listening
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