Winter of the world

Resource Information

The work Winter of the world represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Nonmusical, Sounds, Music.

Label

Winter of the world

Statement of responsibility

Ken Follett

Creator

• Follett, Ken

Contributor

• OverDrive, Inc
• Lee, John Rafter

Subject

• Germany -- History -- 1918-1933 -- Fiction
• Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- Fiction
• Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction
• Historical fiction
• Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Fiction
• Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Fiction
• Twentieth century -- Fiction
• United States -- History -- 1913-1921 -- Fiction
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
• Audiobooks

Genre

• Fiction
• Historical fiction
• Audiobooks

Language

eng

Summary

This novel picks up right where the first book left off, as its five interrelated families, American, German, Russian, English, Welsh, enter a time of enormous social, political, and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the Third Reich, through the Spanish Civil War and the great dramas of World War II, up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs. Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life engulfed by the Nazi tide until she commits a deed of great courage and heartbreak.. American brothers Woody and Chuck Dewar, each with a secret, take separate paths to momentous events, one in Washington, the other in the bloody jungles of the Pacific. English student Lloyd Williams discovers in the crucible of the Spanish Civil War that he must fight Communism just as hard as Fascism. Daisy Peshkov, a driven American social climber, cares only for popularity and the fast set, until the war transforms her life, not just once but twice, while her cousin Volodya carves out a position in Soviet intelligence that will affect not only this war, but the war to come. These characters and many others find their lives inextricably entangled as their experiences illuminate the cataclysms that marked the century. From the drawing rooms of the rich to the blood and smoke of battle, their lives intertwine, propelling the reader into dramas of ever increasing complexity

Member of

• Century trilogy (Sound recording), bk. 2

Accompanying matter

technical information on music

Cataloging source

Y2A

Dewey number

823/.914

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Music parts

not applicable

PerformerNote

Read by John Lee

Series statement

The century triology

Series volume

bk. 2

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable