{"product_id":"winter-of-the-world-book-two-of-the-century-trilogy","title":"Winter of the World: Book Two of the Century Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003eKen Follett follows up his #1 New York Times bestseller Fall of Giants with a brilliant  page-turning epic about the heroism and honor of World War II  and the dawn of the atomic age.  Ken Folletts Fall of Giants  the first novel in his extraordinary new historical epic  The Century Trilogy  was an international sensation  acclaimed as sweeping and fascinating  a book that will consume you for days or weeks (USA Today) and grippingly told and readable to the end (The New York Times Book Review). If the next two volumes are as lively and entertaining as Fall of Giants  said The Washington Post  they should be well worth waiting for.  Winter of the World picks up right where the first book left off  as its five interrelated familiesAmerican  German  Russian  English  Welshenter a time of enormous social  political  and economic turmoil  beginning with 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.  Carla von Ulrich  born of German and English parents  finds her life engulfed by the Nazi tide until she commits a deed of great courage and heartbreak. . . . 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. . . . English student Lloyd Williams discovers in the crucible of the Spanish Civil War that he must fight Communism just as hard as Fascism. . . . Daisy Peshkov  a driven American social climber  cares only for popularity and the fast set  until the war transforms her life  not just once but twice  while her cousin Volodya carves out a position in Soviet intelligence that will affect not only this warbut the war to come.  These characters and many others find their lives inextricably entangled as their experiences illuminate the cataclysms that marked the century. From the drawing rooms of the rich to the blood and smoke of battle  their lives intertwine  propelling the reader into dramas of ever-increasing complexity.  As always with Ken Follett  the historical background is brilliantly researched and rendered  the action fast-moving  the characters rich in nuance and emotion. With passion and the hand of a master  he brings us into a world we thought we knew  but now will never seem the same again.  25 CDs  31.5 Hours Read by John Lee\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986909294645,"sku":"ByrdShop_1611761174","price":47.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781611761177.jpg?v=1770920705","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/winter-of-the-world-book-two-of-the-century-trilogy","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}