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The Century Trilogy Trade Paperback Boxed Set - by Ken Follett (Mixed Media Product)

The Century Trilogy Trade Paperback Boxed Set - by  Ken Follett (Mixed Media Product)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling historical epic, the Century Trilogy, now in one deluxe boxed set.</b> <p/> Ken Follett follows the fortunes of five international families--American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh--as they make their way through the 20th century. The boxed set includes all three volumes: <i>Fall of Giants</i>, <i>Winter of the World</i>, and <i>Edge of Eternity</i>. <p/> [Follett] is a commanding storyteller who has taken on an impossibly large task and accomplished it with passion, intelligence, and skill. --<i>The Washington Post</i> <p/>Follett is masterly in conveying so much drama and historical information so vividly . . . grippingly told. --<i>The New York Times Book Review<br></i><br><b><b>Look out for Ken's newest book, </b></b><i><b><b> <i>A Column of Fire</i>, </b></b></i><b><b>available now.</b></b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>Fall of Giants </i></b><i><br></i> <br>Follett is masterly in conveying so much drama and historical information so vividly . . . grippingly told.<br>--<i>The New York Times Book Review </i> <p/><i>Fall of Giants</i> Follett at his finest. . . . [a] sweeping epic that will thrill his fans for hours on end. <br>--The Huffington Post <p/>Follett conjures the winds of war.<br>--<i>The Washington Post </i> <p/>Tantalizing.<br>--<i>Newsday</i> <p/>A good read. . . . It's a book that will suck you in, consume you for days or weeks . . . then let you out the other side both entertained <i>and </i>educated.<br>--<i>USA Today</i> <p/>Follett entwines fiction and factual events well. . . . This is a dark novel, motivated by an unsparing view of human nature and a clear-eyed scrutiny of an ideal peace. It is not the least of Follett's feats that the reader finishes this near thousand-page book intrigued and wanting more. <br><i>--Chicago Sun-Times</i> <p/>Follett once again creates a world at once familiar and fantastic. . . . A guiltless pleasure, the book is impossible to put down. . . . Empires fall. Heroes rise. Love conquers. After going through a war with these characters, you're left hoping that Follett gets moving with the next giant installment.<br><i>--Time Out</i> <p/>Grand in scope, scale, and story.<br>--The Associated Press <p/>Suspenseful, tightly constructed, sharply characterized, plot-driven.<br>--<i>The Seattle Times </i><b> <p/>Praise for <i>Winter of the World</i></b><i><br></i><br>This book is truly epic. . . . The reader will probably wish there were a thousand more pages.<br>--The Huffington Post <p/>Some of the biggest-picture fiction being written today.<br>--<i>The Seattle Times</i> <p/>Follett's real gifts are those of a natural storyteller: swift, cinematic pacing, the ability to juggle multiple narratives coherently, and an eye for the telling detail . . . a consistently compelling portrait of a world in crisis.<br><i>--The Washington Post</i> <p/>Gripping . . . powerful. <br><i>--The New York Times</i> <p/>Masterfully sweeping stories . . . political intrigue, amorous episodes, suspense, and drama. History comes to life. <br><i>--The Louisville Courier-Journal </i> <p/>Follett is so good at plotting a story, even one that takes on such a complex topic as the World War II era. That's what makes <i>Winter of the World</i> so hard to put down. You want to know what happens next.<br>--The Associated Press <p/>An entertaining historical soap opera.<br><i>--Kirkus Reviews <p/></i>The man tells a story so well. . . . Follett can make things glow with some beautifully written episodes. . . . If you read Volume I, you'll have to read Volume II. And once you read Volume II, you'll be committed to reading Volume III. See you in a couple of years.<br>--<i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i> <p/>Clips along at a brisk pace. . . . He knows how to keep the pages turning and how to make the reader feel a kinship with the characters' struggles. . . . No matter the ultimate destination, readers can expect to savor the journey--and agonize while waiting for the final book to arrive.<br><i>--The Christian Science Monitor</i><b> <p/>Praise for <i>Edge of Eternity</i></b><i> </i> <p/>[Follett] is a commanding storyteller who has taken on an impossibly large task and accomplished it with passion, intelligence, and skill. Like its predecessors, <i>Edge of Eternity</i> is a solid, rigorously researched work of popular fiction. It's an honest entertainment that brings back vivid, sometimes painful, memories of the not-too-distant past. <br><i>--The Washington Post</i> <p/><i>Edge of Eternity</i> is as compulsively readable a mighty page-turner as its two predecessors.<br><i>--The Seattle Times </i> <p/>Hugely ambitious, the trilogy serves as a massive history lesson as well as an example of good, old-fashioned storytelling.<br>--<i>The New York Daily News <p/></i>Follett never forgets he is telling a story. The historical events are the backdrop but the characters are the focal point. Good storytellers know this and Follett is an excellent one.<i><br></i>--The Huffington Post<i> <p/></i>Mesmerizing . . . flowing with spicy, expertly paced melodrama, character-rich exploits, familial histrionics, and international intrigue.<br><i>--Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review) <p/>Worth the wait. . . . Once again, Follett has written pitch-perfect popular fiction that readers will devour.<br><i>--Library Journal</i> (starred review) <p/>A glorious conclusion to a remarkable trilogy that is wonderful, exhilarating reading for all ages. Fine, fine historical fiction.<br>--Historical Novel Society <p/>Follett does an outstanding job of interweaving and personalizing complicated narratives set on a multicultural stage.<br><i>--Booklist</i> <p/>Follett . . . knows how to turn in a robust yarn without too much slack . . . a well-written entertainment.<br><i>--Kirkus Reviews</i> <p/>A fascinating, sprawling, epic conclusion to Ken Follett's Century Trilogy.<br><i>--The Minneapolis Star Tribune </i> <p/><b><br></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Ken Follett</b> is one of the world's best-loved authors, selling more than 160 million copies of his thirty books. Follett's first bestseller was <i>Eye of the Needle</i>, a spy story set in the Second World War. <p/>In 1989 <i>The Pillars of the Earth </i>was published, and has since become the author's most successful novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah's Book Club pick. <p/>Its sequels, <i>World Without End </i>and <i>A Column of Fire</i>, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold 38 million copies worldwide. <p/>Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors.

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