I read Fall of Giants by Ken Follett and loved it. I wanted to review it but was overwhelmed by the thought of describing a book so massive. For Winter of the World I decided to man up, though I still struggled.

When I read Fall of Giants by Ken Follett, I found the story, the facts, jaw-dropping. He illustrated the stupidity of World War I, much of which was based on the egos of fallible men. In his follow-up, Winter of the World, Follett writes about World War II. This is the second in his Century of Giants Trilogy and continues where the first book left off.World War II is much-traversed territory for writers. Follett manages to keep the story fresh by telling it through the eyes of five families — one Welsh, one German, one Russian, one American and one British. (Readers of Fall of Giants will recognize the characters as the next generations of the families from that story.)

You can read my full review of Winter of the World on Nudge.

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