TY - BOOK AU - Follett,Ken AU - Follett,Ken TI - Winter of the world T2 - Century SN - 9780230710108 (hbk.) AV - PR6056.O45 U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Macmillan KW - World War (1939-1945) KW - fast KW - Spain KW - History KW - Civil War, 1936-1939 KW - Fiction KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Family relationships KW - Twentieth century KW - World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects - Fiction KW - Historical fiction KW - Wales - History - Fiction KW - Family relations - Fiction KW - World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction KW - Family - Fiction KW - Coal miners - Fiction KW - Coal mining - Fiction KW - Family sagas KW - Great Britain - Social life and customs - 1918-1945 - Fiction KW - Spain - History - 1936-1939, Civil War - Fiction KW - Soviet Union - History - 1917-1921, Revolution - Fiction KW - Germany - History - 1918-1933 - Fiction KW - Social aspects KW - English historical fiction KW - gsafd KW - lcgft N1 - Maps on lining papers; Sequel to Fall of giants; Maps on lining papers. -Sequel to Fall of giants. -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 N2 - Berlin in 1933 is in upheaval. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on Germany. Into this turmoil steps her mother's formidable friend and former British MP, Ethel Leckwith, and her student son, Lloyd, who soon learns for himself the brutal reality of Nazism ER -