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Fivelinkedfamiliesliveouttheirdestiniesastheworldisshakenbytyrannyandwarinthemid-twentiethcentury.Berlinin1933isinupheaval.Eleven-year-oldCarlavonUlrichstrugglestounderstandthetensionsdisruptingherfamilyasHitlerstrengthenshisgriponGermany.Intothisturmoilstepshermother'sformidablefriendandformerBritishMP,EthelLeckwith,andherstudentson,Lloyd,whosoonlearnsforhimselfthebrutalrealityofNazism.HealsoencountersagroupofGermansresolvedtoopposeHitler-butaretheywillingtogosofarastobetraytheircountry?SuchpeoplearecloselywatchedbyVolodya,aRussianwithabrightfutureinRedArmyIntelligence.TheinternationalclashofmilitarypowerandpersonalbeliefsthatensueswillsweepoverthemallasitragesfromCableStreetinLondon'sEastEndtoPearlHarborinHawaii,fromSpaintoStalingrad,fromDresdentoHiroshima.AtCambridgeLloydisirresistiblydrawntodazzlingAmericansocialiteDaisyPeshkov,whorepresentseverythinghisleft-wingfamilydespise.ButDaisyismoreinterestedinaristocraticBoyFitzherbert-amateurpilot,partyloverandleadinglightoftheBritishUnionofFascists.BackinBerlin,CarlaworshipsgoldenboyWernerfromafar.Butnothingwillworkoutthewaytheyexpectastheirlivesandthehopesoftheworldaresmashedbythegreatestandcruellestwarinthehistoryofthehumanrace.WinteroftheWorldisthesecondnovelinKenFollett'suniquelyambitiousanddeeplysatisfyingtrilogy'TheCentury'.OnitsownorreadinsequencewithFallofGiants,thisisamagnificent,spellbindingepicofglobalconflictandpersonaldrama.
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KenFollettwastwenty-sevenwhenhewroteEyeoftheNeedle,anaward-winningthrillerthatbecameaninternationalbestseller.HethensurprisedeveryonewithThePillarsoftheEarth,aboutthebuildingofacathedralintheMiddleAges,whichcontinuestocaptivatemillionsofreadersallovertheworldanditslong-awaitedsequel,WorldWithoutEnd,wasanumberonebestsellerintheUS,UKandEurope.FallofGiants,thefirstbestsellingbookintheCenturytrilogyisfollowedbythis,WinteroftheWorld.