![]() Barely rumbling at first, the tempo quickens until it breaks in a crescendo of world-changing events. It is a period of intense change, a time when giants, be they royalty, tradition, or whole nations, are destined to fall.įollett’s story builds like the coming of far-off artillery fire. Revolutions on the home front, from women’s suffrage to the rise of the workers, keep pace. Through the various characters-and there are quite a few-we witness the First World War in the trenches and in the halls of government, from each side of the conflict. ![]() This ambitious novel, the first of a projected trilogy covering most of the 20th century, tells the story of five interrelated families-American, German, Russian, English and Welsh-as they negotiate the tremendous events of the First World War and the Russian Revolution. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |