Fall of Giants is the first novel in the Century Trilogy. It is written by Ken Follett. He is a British author of historical and thriller novels. More than 160 million copies of his novels have been sold and a good share goes to him The Hammer of Eden and A Column of Fire novels.
The audio narration of Fall of Giants is done by John Lee. He is one of the finest narrators that we have today in business and his narration for Fall of Giants has been stunning.
Billy Williams was only 13 years old when he entered into a man’s world which was in the mining pits of Wales. Gus Dewar then came to the scene who was an American student of law and was also rejected in love. He discovered a surprising new career in the White House of Woodrow Wilson. Lev and Grigori Peshkov were a couple of orphaned Russian brothers. They set off on a journey over quite different paths which between them were half a world apart. That was the time when their plan to migrate to America got delayed due to conscription, war, and revolution.
Ethel was the sister of Billy who was also a housekeeper working for the aristocratic Fitzherbert. She took a fateful step that was right above her station. On the other side, Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crossed way deep into forbidden territory, especially when she fell in love with a spy working at the German embassy in London. His name was Walter.
Fall of Giants with some really good characters and a decent story will be a very easy and enjoyable read. You will get to learn a lot more about World War I as well.
