by Ken Follett
First published 2010
It's 1911 and the world is on the brink. As King George V is crowned, a web of alliances and ambitions ensnares families from America, Germany, Russia, England, and Wales. Aristocrats and coal miners, spies and revolutionaries—their lives become inextricably entangled by the forces of history. Through the tumult of the First World War and the Russian Revolution, their fates are bound together in a sweeping saga of love, betrayal, and the eternal fight for a better world.
Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, war
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: epic, found-family
Setting: United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, Wales
Period: 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, World War I, Revolution, 1917-1921, 20th Century
1000 pages · Paperback · Penguin Books