Winter of the World: Book Two of the Century Trilogy [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Follett, Ken

Verlag: Dutton, New York, 2012

Fine unread condition blue boards/black spine/gold front cover and spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Ken Follett; Author Dedication; Cast of Characters and Acknowledgments. Also includes front and rear endpapers illustrated with color maps. "Ken Follett's Fall of Giants, the first novel in his extraordinary historical epic The Century Trilogy, was an international sensation, acclaimed as "sweeping and fascinating, a book that will consume you for days or weeks" (USA TODAY) and "grippingly told and readable to the end" (The New York Times Book Review). The Washington Post said, "If the next two volumes are as lively and entertaining as Fall of Giants, they should be well worth waiting for." Winter of the World picks up right where the first book left off, as its five interrelated families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - enter a time of enormous social, political, and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the Third Reich, through the Spanish Civil War and the great dramas of World War II, to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs and the beginning of the long Cold War. Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life engulfed by the Nazi tide, until daring to commit a deed of great courage and heartbreak . American brothers Woody and Chuck Dewar, each with a secret, take separate paths to momentous events, one in Washington, the other in the bloody jungles of the Pacific . English student Lloyd Williams discovers in the crucible of the Spanish Civil War that he must fight Communism just as hard as Fascism . Daisy Peshkov, a driven social climber, cares only for popularity and the fast set, until the war transforms her life, and then transforms it again, while her cousin Volodya carves out a position in Soviet intelligence that will affect not only this war but also the war to come. These characters and many others find their lives inextricably entangled as their experiences illuminate the cataclysms that marked the century. From the drawing rooms of the rich to the blood and smoke of battle, their lives intertwine, propelling the reader into dramas of ever-increasing complexity. As always with Ken Follett, the historical background is brilliantly researched and rendered, the action fast-moving, the characters rich in nuance and emotion. With passion and the hand of a master, he brings us into a world we thought we knew, but now will never seem the same again." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007924

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Winter of the World: Book Two of the Century...
Verlag: Dutton, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine
Auflage: 1st Edition