Fall of Giants - Century Trilogy #1
by Ken Follett
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0230710077
- ISBN 13
- 9780230710078
- Seller
-
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 851 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 2010. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have moderate bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: This is a huge 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. It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London. Their destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and to two orphaned Russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to America fall foul of war, conscription and revolution. In a plot of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, "Fall of Giants" moves seamlessly from Washington to St Petersburg, 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. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN/EAN: 9780230710078. Inventory No: 19120057.. 9780230710078
Synopsis
Unabridged, 24 CDs, 31 hours Read by TBA Ken Follett's World Without End was a global phenomenon, a work of grand historical sweep beloved by millions of readers and acclaimed by critics. Fall of Giants is his magnificent new historical epic.
Reviews
On Oct 3 2016, a reader said:
This is the first book of a trilogy. It's about events leading up to and the first world war from the perspective of several families from several countries. It is one of those books that you don't want to put down, you love the characters and you feel like you learned something.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19120057
- Title
- Fall of Giants - Century Trilogy #1
- Author
- Ken Follett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0230710077
- ISBN 13
- 9780230710078
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; Fall of Giants - Century Trilogy #1
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical; Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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Traralgon, Victoria
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