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Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy) - Community Reviews back

by John Lee, Ken Follett
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Reading with cats
Reading with cats rated it 12 years ago
Not sure what happened. I loved the first book in this series, but just couldn't get into this one. May try again some other time.
Get Lost in the Stacks
Get Lost in the Stacks rated it 12 years ago
What can I say? Follett is a master at writing characters that you get attached too. This book continues the story from the first book but it centers in a period of history that I love. There were a couple of drawbacks for the book. One, it hard keeping track of who was related to who as many of the...
Crime-on-thrill
Crime-on-thrill rated it 12 years ago
“....we have to fight the Communists just as hard as the Fascists. They’re both evil”The first book of the Century Trilogy by Ken Follet, dealt with the first world war, and the events surrounding it. This book starts in the year 1933, leads up to the Second World War, finishing off in the year 1949...
stevesong
stevesong rated it 14 years ago
Historical fiction meets bodice-ripper with predictable results. A pleasant occasionally vaguely embarrassing diversion.
She is too fond of books...
She is too fond of books... rated it 14 years ago
Epic in length & scope, bits of diaglogue & characterization were somewhat unconvincing, and I wouldn't say that Follett is a literary master. However, this was an entertaining, fairly well-researched read that I was able to escape into this fall while touring some European cathedrals built around ...
Dem
Dem rated it 56 years ago
An interesting long....................long.................... read but not up to the standard of Pillars or Fall of Giants.
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