Subreddit Rules - Message the mods - Related Subs AMA Info The FAQ The Wiki Join in the Weekly "What Are You Reading?" Thread!.Check out the Weekly Recommendation Thread.How had women let themselves get into such a weak position?"įollett's women do not put up with it much longer.Īnd the best news is that the tale will not end here. It took two people to make a baby, but only one was obliged to look after it. "Why did men think they could get away with this? Probably because they usually could. Listen to Follett's Ethel, a housekeeper and pregnant paramour to an English earl: In addition to world wars and revolutions, Follett gives women's suffrage considerable ink since it was one of the major movements of the early part of the century. The five families in Fall of Giants American, English, Welsh, Russian and German are all affected by what's happening worldwide, of course, but Follett takes the readers into their everyday lives, from the stuffy drawing rooms of British aristocracy to the brutal battlefields of Europe. It's a book that will suck you in, consume you for days or weeks, depending upon how quick a reader you are, then let you out the other side both entertained and educated. Everything in this novel is oversized, from the scope of history it covers to the characters he creates. It's long almost 1,000 pages it's populated with hundreds of characters whose lives are intertwined it's set on a tumultuous world stage it's a good read.Įven he acknowledges that the trilogy is "probably the publication event of my life," which is saying something considering his epics World Without End in 2007 and The Pillars of the Earth in 1989 were both mega-hits, soaring to the top of best-seller lists.īut Follett, known more for his storytelling than his literary craftsmanship that can verge on the overwrought, has outdone even himself here. So what else is new?įollett, famous for his sweeping epics, is out today with the first installment of the Century Trilogy, his first historical novel set in the 20th century.įall of Giants is classic Follett.
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