Fall of Giants

Fall of Giants is the first novel in Ken Follett’s epic Century Trilogy. Set between 1911 and 1924, it follows five interconnected families from Wales, England, Germany, Russia, and the United States as their personal lives collide with the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the movement for women’s suffrage. The story shifts from Welsh coal mines and English aristocratic estates to Washington, London, St Petersburg, and the battlefields of Europe. Through characters including young miner Billy Williams, suffragist Ethel Williams, Lady Maud Fitzherbert, German diplomat Walter von Ulrich, American adviser Gus Dewar, and Russian brothers Grigori and Lev Peshkov, Follett blends romance, class conflict, political upheaval, espionage, and war.