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World War I is not a subject I have had much exposure to prior to this novel. I have read a fair amount about WWII but WWI is not a subject I remember much about in school or as subject matter for any other historical novel or biography I have read prior to this one. And certainly the Russian Revolution was presented in a rather slanted point of view during my education which was colored at the time by The Cold War. In his novel, Fall Of Giants, Ken Follett does a wonderful job of showing all sides of the issues that were happening on the world scene in the early 20th Century. His series, The Century Trilogy, which are three books spanning the 1900s, are something I am looking forward to completing after enjoying this first book of the three. The author takes five families from five different countries and five different socio-economic groups and follows them through the first 25 years or so of the 20th Century. The Russian Revolution is presented from the point of view of not only Russian factory workers but also Russian Aristocrats, Welsh Mine Workers and also English Nobility, both German Intelligence and Upper Middle Class Americans. WWI is also presented from these various points of view. Many facts jumped out at me as I listened to the audio version of this book. For example, I realized that a rather insignificant event snowballed into WWI. Perhaps not insignificant to those involved as there was a murder but the death of two people and the refusal of one country to apologize to another did not justify a world war. See HERE. I had to think of one of the books I used to read my kids by Rosetta Stone called Because A Little Bug Went Kachoo. The Fall Of Giants by Ken Follett is a book that I have talked to others about as I listened and a book that I would recommend to every one to read. Click on the links above to learn more and enjoy the video that follows.
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