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Fall of Giants
- Century Trilogy (abridged), Book 1
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary
Abridged edition, read by Dan Stevens (Legion, Downton Abbey)
The first in Ken Follett's breathtaking Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a captivating novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women.
A World in Chaos
1911, a thirteen-year-old boy, Billy Williams, begins working down the mines as George V is crowned king. The escalating arms race between the empire nations will put not only the king but this young boy in grave danger.
A Terrible War
Billy’s family is inextricably linked with the Fitzherberts, the aristocratic owners of the coal mine where he works. And when Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German embassy in London, their destiny also becomes entangled with that of Gus Dewar, an ambitious young aide to Woodrow Wilson, and two orphaned Russian brothers whose plan to emigrate to America falls foul of conscription, revolution and imminent war.
A Revolution That Will Change Everything
When Russia convulses in bloody revolution and the Great War unfolds, the five families’ futures are entwined forever, love bringing them closer even as conflict takes them further apart. What seeds will be sown for further tragedy in the twentieth century and what role will each play in what is to come?
Continue the captivating Century Trilogy with Winter of the World and Edge of Eternity.
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- Diane Bembrick
- 15-12-10
Fall of Giants
Very enjoyable.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Steven
- 15-10-10
not bad at all
over all, I thought this was a pretty good book. Some of the historical detail may bore some readers (if some of the reviews on amazon are anything to go by) but I found them fascinating and, you'll learn a lot reading this book. all Folletts usual plot devices are here, love, loss betrail and separation. my only sadness about the book is how abridged it is. its nearly 13 hours long but probably only captures a third of the text. this is really apparent at some points where the abridgement seems to be very clunky and charictors jump whole continents (e.g. from Cardiff to New York) with little or no explanation of how they got there... I doubt the master story teller Follett would have made this mistake.
so, to sum up, a good book but suffers for its abridgement and I hope audible will get an unabridged version some day.
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- Eltorian
- 07-05-20
excellent book and narration
Enjoy learning about a complex history. I much prefer this narration to the unabridged version.
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- Daniela
- 17-06-22
pleasant story well narrated
Ken Follet as always did not disappoint me. I found intersting to read today references to historical events that still have something to teach us. The narrative ability of Dan Stevens is manifested in a particular way in this book where in addition to bringing the characters to life, he expresses great skills in reproducing dialectal and foreign accents.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Joyce
- 26-11-10
Fall Of Giants
This is obviously a good book, like all Ken Follet's work. I feel that with the extended historical saga he has found his metier. Like another reviewer I have to comment on the abridgement however. I was left wondering if I'd somehow missed a volume. All the scene setting had been done; all the characters had been introduced; the table was laid for the feast, but in the end the meal failed to satisfy. 'Please sir, can I have some more?'
I mustn't close without a comment on Dan Stevens narration, which was really excellent - his range of voices, accents, intonation and expression was extremely impressive and I will look out for his name when choosing other titles.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Lesley
- 06-07-11
Ken Follett - Fall of Giants
Once again, Ken Follett has not disappointed!! This is an amazing story and well worth taking the time to listen to it - thanks.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Jennifer White
- 20-02-11
Fall of Giants
I was very disappointed that this was abridged. The best bits of the book were left out.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-10-19
nice
This is some good shit right here. I enjoyed it, thank you very much sir
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- Kerstin
- 30-06-21
Great story brilliantly told
I love Ken Folletts books and can greatly recommend them for reading! All of them!!!
This audiobook was wonderfully read out, very animated. Cant wait to listen to the next one, hopefully by the same narrator.
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- Kev B
- 13-04-13
Wonderful story and history lesson
This is now one of my favourite books. It is impressive how such a well told and well read story can be constructed around a historry lesson. It is a captivating listen that I will defunitely listen to again.
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