Its sequels, World Without End and A Column of Fire, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold 38 million copies worldwide. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprahs Book Club pick. In 1989 The Pillars of the Earth was published, and has since be the authors most successful novel. Folletts first bestseller was Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War. The Christian Science Monitor About the Author Ken Follett is one of the worlds best-loved authors, selling more than 160 million copies of his thirty books. No matter the ultimate destination, readers can expect to savor the journey. knows how to keep the pages turning and how to make the reader feel a kinship with the characters struggles.
Louis Post-Dispatch Clips along at a brisk pace. Follett can make things glow with some beautifully written episodes. Kirkus Reviews The man tells a story so well. The Associated Press An entertaining historical soap opera. Thats what makes Winter of the World so hard to put down. The Louisville Courier-Journal is so good at plotting a story, even one that takes on such a complex topic such as the World War II era. Political intrigue, amorous episodes, suspense, and drama. The Washington Post Masterfully sweeping. The Seattle Times A consistently compelling portrait of a world in crisis. The New York Times Some of the biggest-picture fiction being written today.
Review Quotes Praise for Winter of the World Gripping. 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. English student Lloyd Williams discovers in the crucible of the Spanish Civil War that he must fight Communism just as hard as Fascism. 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.
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. 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. The reader will probably wish there was a thousand more pages.
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