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I've read other books by Ken Follett, however I hadn't read the Century trilogy. It was a good read. If you're a fan of war-time fiction, then this book will be a good choice (it chronicles events leading to WWI, circa 1914-1919)!
I liked the book's narrative style where the PoV characters are from all the countries that are impacted by WWI - an English mine worker and his family, an aristocratic Earl and his sister, a Russian factory worker, a German aristocrat and military officer, an American ...more
I liked the book's narrative style where the PoV characters are from all the countries that are impacted by WWI - an English mine worker and his family, an aristocratic Earl and his sister, a Russian factory worker, a German aristocrat and military officer, an American ...more
A wonderful read..Begins in June 1911 and ends at Jan 1924. A thick book with 850 pages but keeps up the pace on every single page. It covers many issues the prominent one being the first world war, Russian revolution, Bolsheviks, the political scene in England,America's role in the war, Germany after the war etc. The characters are developed beautifully and appear at appropriate places in the book, my favourite are Maud,Walter,Ethel,Billy and Grigori. The lives of the principal characters who a
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A great account of the World War I. If you want a fictional account of all the political happenings at the top level that led to and happened during World War I then look no further then this book.
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Enjoyed it, especially the complexities, but not sure the rest of the series is totally going to engage me.
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