Author

Publication

2010 - Dutton, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

246,250 words, Guess

Page Count

985 pages

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and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC823/.914
  • LCCPR6056.O45 F35 2010
  • LCCPR6056.O45F35 2010

Description

It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London. Their destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and to two orphaned Russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to America fall foul of war, conscription and revolution. Five families, American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh, move through the dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage. The plot contains profanity, graphic sexual situations, and violence. Book #1

Description

Follows the fates of five interrelated families--American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh--as they move through the dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage.

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Series Statement

  • Century -- bk. 1

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  • Fall of giants: first in the Century trilogyDutton2010-01-01
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