Re: Ken Follett
I read and watched “Pillars of the Earth” and found it greatly steeped in history but bogged down with sex and predictable story lines. (I love history -hate love stories)
I considered reading “The Fall of Giants” but don’t want to get sucked in to another mediocre book of his unless this one is different.
What’s your opinion?
There is sex, human condition and all...but very steeped in history. It follows the early 1900’s through about 1923 and is very educational regarding the lead up to WWI and beyond. The trilogy runs through 1989 following the lives of 5 families (English, Russian, German, American and Welsh.) You will meet David Lloyd George, PM Askwith (sp), Churchill, Trotsky, Lenin, Wilson and more in the first book. According to an interview of Follett I heard, he expects to have the next book ready in 2012 and the final in 2014. He then plans a third book in the “Pillars of the Earth” and “World Without End” series.