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The winner of the poll (by one tie breaking vote) is Fall of Giants by Ken Follett.


This is an epic of love, hatred, war and revolution. This is a huge 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.
It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London. Their destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and to two orphaned Russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to America fall foul of war, conscription and revolution. In a plot of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, "Fall Of Gaints" moves seamlessly from Washington to St Petersburg, from the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty.


This is a big book but it looks very interesting. I hope you join me in reading it an discussing the book here.

I got this from the library today, I am in the middle of The Prince & The Pauper so I will start this one once I am done with it.

Anyone else reading it or planning on it?

It sounds interesting but I am not sure I can get my hands on a copy of it at this time.

I am going to start it this afternoon. Its a big one.

I am really surprised at how quickly I am reading this book. I have finished part one so all of the characters are set and the war has just begun.

This book is really easy to read. I was a little worried about the large cast of characters but so far I haven't had any trouble keep in all the story lines and characters straight. Probably because there are so many varied, great characters that keeping them straight has been easy.

Ken Follett has pulled characters from different countries, politics and financial backgrounds and is somehow melding them together in a cohesive way.

I was able to get my hands on a copy today. So I am going to start reading it tonight.

I finished this book today and I really liked it.

Anyone else finished it or planning on reading it?

Almost finished. 26 pages left

Laura wrote: "Almost finished. 26 pages left"

Laura, what did you think of the book?

I am moving on to the 2nd book in this trilogy, is anyone else planning on continuing the story?

I really tried to focus on reading this book, but I kept having to stop and put it to the side. I am going to try finishing this book this month though.