El invierno del mundo (La caída de los gigantes 2)

The children of the five main families in Fall of Giants will forge their destinies during the turbulent years of World War II, the Spanish Civil War, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the atomic bomb era.

Second volume of «The Century» trilogy

In 1933, Berlin is a hotbed of political and social unrest. Lady Maud, now Walter von Ulrich's wife and mother of two children, publishes articles in a weekly magazine that ridicule the Nazi Party, while Walter expresses his opposition in Parliament. However, it seems that nothing can stop the rising power of Chancellor Adolf Hitler. When Ethel Williams and her son Lloyd visit the von Ulrich family, they all witness the tyranny and repression of the new Germany.

The Third Reich's dominance will extend to France and beyond the Russian border. Meanwhile, in England, Lloyd Williams, a political activist like his mother, will fight in the British army to try to stop the Nazi advance and will enlist in the international brigades during the Spanish Civil War. He will participate in the Zaragoza offensive and the Battle of Belchite.

At Ty Gwyn, the Fitzherbert family mansion in Wales, British officers will be accommodated, and during his stay, Lieutenant Lloyd Williams will be attracted to Boy Fitzherbert's wife, the rich American heiress Daisy Peshkov.

«The Century trilogy is the story of my grandparents and yours, of our parents and of our own lives. In some way, it is the story of all of us.»
Ken Follett

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«The saga hooks you, and the intensity of the characters immerses you in the story. A work of full coherence, cohesion, and neatness.»
Ramón Ventura, El Periódico de Catalunya

«An epic and generational melodrama that reveals the best and worst of human beings.»
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