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Ken Follett

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Winter of the World: Book Two of the Century Trilogy Summary & Study Guide

Winter of the World: Book Two of the Century Trilogy Summary

"Winter of the World" is a novel by Ken Follett which follows the lives of American, German, and Russian families through the 1930s, World War II, and through the rise of Communism in Europe.

When the novel begins, the world is at relative peace in 1933, but things quickly change for Germany as Hitler comes to power. Carla von Ulrich and her family, living in Berlin, witness first-hand the brutality of Hitler's...

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Ken Follett Biographies (3)

Ken Follet

4,061 words, approx. 14 pages

Ken Follett was born in Wales, "in a little terrace house in Cardiff in 1949. It was very much a petit-bourgeois background. My dad was a clerk in the Inland Revenue [English equivalent of the IRS], a... Read more

Ken Follett

3,382 words, approx. 12 pages

Ken Follett, author of best-selling thrillers such as Eye of the Needle, Triple, The Key to Rebecca, The Man from St. Petersburg, The Third Twin, The Hammer of Eden, Code to Zero, and the 2001 title, ... Read more

Ken(neth) (Martin) Follett

5,477 words, approx. 19 pages

Ken Follett began his career as a fiction writer while working for the London Evening News. He produced a series of mysteries and thrillers (two for children) under various pseudonyms until he felt he... Read more

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