Her younger brother, Walli, longs to escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain to become part of the burgeoning music scene. The events you will get to read about go on throughout the First World War, The Russian Revolution, and a bit more. The story inside these three books spans for quite a while. When Rebecca Hoffmann, a teacher in East Germany, finds herself pursued by the secret police, she discovers that she has been living a lie. Follett’s Century Trilogy series is another fantastic historical fiction gem that should definitely be considered if you are a true fan of his work. As the decisions made in the corridors of power bring the world to the brink of oblivion, five families from across the globe are brought together in an unforgettable tale of passion and conflict during the Cold War. Into this turmoil steps her mother's formidable friend and former British MP, Ethel Leckwith, and her student son, Lloyd, who soon learns for himself the brutal reality of Nazism. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on Germany. Winter of the World Berlin in 1933 is in upheaval.
Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners.
Fall of Giants The first in Ken Follett's bestselling Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants 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. Ken Follett Century Trilogy War stories, Series Collection 3 Books Set Titles in the Set are: Fall of Giants, Winter of the World, Edge of Eternity.
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