Ken Follet's Fall of Giants

[ArmyRick]

Has anybody read Ken Follet's Fall of Giants? I am also done it now, I am down to the last 50 pages. I really, really enjoyed this book so far. I started cross checking all the historical stuff happening in the story to see if it was true. Wow. I didn't know the Canadian Army just after WWI was in Russia (alongside the British) trying to stop the Russian Revolution.

If you liked Pillars of the Earth, I highly reccomend this book. It takes place in the early 20th century and includes WWI, Bolshevism/socialism, fall of monarchies, Treaty of versailles, Women's suffrage, votrers and working class rights in post victorian Great Britain. Really grips you.

Anybody else read this one?

 

[caocao]

Not yet but from your review i might just have to pick it up soon!

 

[Strike]

I could not put it down.  I left it with my Dad at Christmas and sent a copy to my sister.  Someone else also bought the book for her.  ;D  Can't wait for the next two volumes.

 

[Arctic Acorn]

I just watched 'The Pillars of the Earth', and thought it was fantastic.

Thanks for the review! I'll pick it up the next time I'm in a bookstore.

 

[Rifleman62]

Should this be in Literature, vice History?

From the author's web page

Fall of Giants

Published worldwide on 28 September 2010, and debuted at #1 on The New York Times' hardcover fiction bestseller list!

Fall of Giants, the first novel in my 'Century' trilogy, was published in 16 countries simultaneously on September 28, 2010. In Fall of Giants, I follow the destinies of five interrelated families – one American, one Russian, one German, one English and one Welsh – through the earth-shaking events of the First World War and the Russian Revolution.

The second book in the 'Century' series, due to be published in 2012, will feature the children of the characters in Fall of Giants as they live through the Depression and the Second World War. The third book, due out in 2014, will be about the next generation during the Cold War.

 

[cphansen]

If anyone is interested in the Allies intervention in Russia after WW1, this reference may be of interest http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vo8/no3/moffat-eng.asp

 

[ArmyRick]

I have finished the book (About 4 weeks ago actually). Its a great read! I do highly reccomend it. I can wait for the next one in the series to come out. Anybody else finish it?

 

[dangerboy]

I just finished it, interesting to see how he continues it on the next book.

 

[ArmyRick]

I just got WINTER OF THE WORLD the next book in the series and so far, it rocks! I am hooked. If you have read Fall of Giants and loved it, get out there and buy Winter of the World, it will really hook you.