Winter of the World

Winter of the World  (English, Paperback, Follett Ken)

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    • Language: English
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
    • Genre: Fiction
    • ISBN: 9780451419248, 9780451419248
    • Pages: 992
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    "This book is truly epic. . . . The reader will probably wish there was a thousand more pages." -The Huffington Post Picking up where Fall of Giants, the first novel in the extraordinary Century Trilogy, left off, Winter of the World follows its five interrelated families-American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh-through a time of enormous social, political, and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the Third Reich, through the great dramas of World War II, and into 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 war transforms her life, while her cousin Volodya carves out a position in Soviet intelligence that will affect not only this war but also the war to come.
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    • Penguin USA
    Dimensions
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    • 42 mm
    Height
    • 227 mm
    Length
    • 152 mm
    Weight
    • 907 gr
    Ratings & Reviews
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    Winter Of the World - truly WOW!

    There are many reasons to buy and read Winter of the World by Ken Follet, cheap thrills isn't one of them. For those who mightn't know, this is the second installment of Follet's Century Trilogy. It picks up where Fall of the Giants(FOG) left off and seamlessly traces the lives of the much loved protagonists from the book and their families through the Great Depression, the second world war and the beginning of the cold war.

    After having read FOG and finding it to be in the league of Pillar'...
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    Gurleen Khandpur

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    nothing like the first but yet gripping1

    the first part of a trilogy like this one i feel is always the best... but not to take away credit from follett, he had me on the edge of the seat in many parts of the book... in the first half in the lead up to the war there are so many characters that if u haven't read the prequel then u wont understand the relationship which the characters share... the most interesting part of the book is the description of the war and the heartbreak caused due to pearl harbor... the characters of maud, ll...
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    Gaurav Godbole

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    Jun, 2013

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    Well written ...but not engrossing enough...

    In this sequel to the Fall of Giants, Ken Follett continues from where he left off in the first book and weaves his plot and sets it around 1933, when Adolf Hitler was on the verge of becoming the undisputed Fuhrer of Germany. He deftly touches upon historic events starting from the burning of Reichstag, the Spanish Civil war, and culminating in the great victory of the Allied Forces in the 2nd World War.
    Although the book is well written and the characters well etched out, I found it a tri...
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    Sandip Sen

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    Sep, 2012

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    Five Families and the Second World War

    Winter of the World takes off (almost) from the point at which Fall of Giants ended--with Walter and Maud's family in Berlin. While Walter fights for a democratic Germany against the forces of Nazism, as witnessed by his daughter Carla and Lloyd Williams, son of Maud's friend, Ethel, his son is drawn deeper into the Nazi movement. Lloyd's stint in Berlin, during which he witnesses the burning of the Reichstag, lead to his involvement in anti-Nazi activities back home in Britain, culminating i...
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    Devaki Khanna

    Dec, 2015

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    Ken Follett Winter World

    Ken Follett has wonderfully brought out the sufferings under went by people during world war in East Berlin before its unification with West Berlin. I have read about all books from the author. This one I got from Flipkart for reasonable price. There are 2 differnet editions with the total number of pages a little different. I ordered both and found both having same story. One I presented to my Aunti who is also a voracious reader of books after warning the explicit way of writing, by the a...
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    Raman V A

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    Nov, 2015

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    Fantastic buy

    the book is amazing..... a Part of the trilogy and and is priced very well at flipkart as compared to the retail market... the difference makes it worthwhile to buy from Flipkart
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    Ripudaman Sujlana

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    Feb, 2015

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    A great read!!!

    As a hardcore Ken Follett fan and an even bigger fan of the Century trilogy,I just couldn't wait to get my hand on the second installment i.e. Winter of the world. Thanks to Flip kart for shipping the product in time without tipping off my patience and as always Follett was at his best. The mammoth story scaling continents and characters captures and pulls us into the story line quickly. The book cannot be explained..just like Fall of Giants.. it can only be experienced. So go and grab your c...
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    Srinath T K

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    Nov, 2013

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    Good Read

    Sequel to "The Fall of the Giants", this novel sketches the events of Second World War. The story is interesting and people who have read the earlier book will be happy that the characters of the previous novel are having a new life after the first world war. But only for a brief time when the Second World War begins. The novel tries to highlight the problems in Communism, Nazism and Fascism by using the characters like Erik, Clara, Werner, Volodov etc. Nazism and Communism is dreaded not jus...
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    AnandLakshminarasimhan

    Nov, 2012

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    Boring

    This one is not as gripping as first one "Fall of Giants". Extremely predictable and cliched. If one has to treat this as a chronicle of WW II the author has certainly not done justice to Holocaust and killing of 6 million plus jews.
    Convenient intrepretation of role of different players - so we are told US and UK were the only heroes.
    Hope the last one is not a one-sided story on cold war, where US is the hero and Russia the fall guy.
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    Debasish Mishra

    Oct, 2012

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    Great Book ! Must Read !

    Story starts exactly from where it ends in Fall of Giants. Same captivating narrative style and intriguing characters. Its really interesting to read about different shades of different characters.
    Its a must read book.
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    Vikas Jadon

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    Oct, 2012

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