- Fiction, Twentieth century, World War, 1939-1945, History
Continuing the story of five interrelated families as they become entangled in events from the beginning of the twentieth century, from the rise of the Third Reich, through the Spanish Civil War and the great dramas of World War II, up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs.
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Epic, earnest, classical in form and grave.
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Ken Follett
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 957
- Publisher
- Plaza & Janés Editores, S.A., Robert Laffont, Pan
- Editions
- 28
- Language
- Spanish, dan, English, French
- ISBN
- 9780451468222
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Ken Follett is a British author of thrillers and historical novels. He has sold more then 100 million copies of his works. Four of his books have reached the number 1 ranking on the New York Times best-seller list : *The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, Triple* and *World Without End*.
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