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Zusatztext The master storyteller Ken Follett knits together British! American! German and Russian points of view from the start to the end of the First World War into a fascinating and remarkably fertile tapestry of society and politics. Informationen zum Autor Ken Follett was twenty-seven when he wrote Eye of the Needle , an award-winning thriller that became an international bestseller. He then surprised everyone with The Pillars of the Earth , about the building of a cathedral in the Middle Ages, which continues to captivate millions of readers all over the world and its long-awaited sequel, World Without End, was a number one bestseller in the US, UK and Europe and was followed by the third novel in the Kingsbridge series A Column of Fire . He has written the bestselling Century trilogy, which comprises Fall of Giants , Winter of the World and Edge of Eternity. Klappentext The international bestseller now in paperback. It is 1911, and the coronation day of King George V. Thirteen year old Billy Williams begins his first day in the filthy coal pits of a Welsh mine. The Williams are linked by romance to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter, a spy at the German Embassy in London. Their destiny is entangled with that of an aide to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and to two Russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to America fall foul of war and revolution. And so the Century Trilogy begins ... Zusammenfassung An epic of love! hatred! war and revolution. &i>Fall of Giants&/i> precedes&i> Winter of the World&/i> and &i>Edge of Eternity&/i> in the bestselling Century Trilogy.
