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Winter of the world : book two of the century trilogy

This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II. It picks up right where the first book left off, and continues 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.

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  • "Trilogija Stoletje"@sl
  • "Winter of the world"@he
  • "Winter of the world"@pl
  • "Winter of the world"@it
  • "Století"
  • "Century trilogy"
  • "Stoletje"@sl
  • "Siècle"
  • "Century"

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  • ""En esta magnífica novela épica, Ken Follett conduce al lector a través de una Europa en ruinas, quebrada de nuevo por las guerras y los conflictos ideológicos. Los hijos de las cinco familias protagonistas de 'La Caída de los Gigantes' forjarán su destino en los años turbulentos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la guerra civil española, el bombardeo de Pearl Harbor y la era de la bomba atómica." --page [4] of cover."
  • "En el año 1933, Berlín es un foco de agitación política y social. Lady Maud, ahora la esposa de Walter von Ulrich y madre de dos hijos, publica artículos en una revista semanal que ridiculizan al partido nazi mientras su marido manifiesta su oposición en el gobierno. Sin embargo, parece que nada podrá frenar el poder ascendente del canciller Adolf Hitler. Cuando Maud recibe la visita de Ethel Williams y su hijo Lloyd, todos serán testigos de la tiranía y la represión de la nueva Alemania.El reino del Tercer Reich se extenderá hasta Francia y más allá de la frontera rusa. Mientras, en Inglaterra, Lloyd Williams, activista político como su madre, luchará en el ejército británico para intentar frenar dicho avance, antes de alistarse en las brigadas internacionales de la guerra civil española, donde participará en la ofensiva de Zaragoza y la batalla de Belchite.Ty Gwyn, la mansión familiar de los Fitzherbert en País de Gales, se convertirá en acantonamiento para oficiales, y durante su estancia, Lloyd se sentirá atraído por la mujer de Boy Fitzherbert, la rica heredera americana Daisy Peshkov.En esta magnífica novela épica, Ken Follett transportará al lector a través de una Europa en ruinas, quebrada de nuevo por las guerras y los conflictos ideológicos. Los hijos de las cinco familias, protagonistas de La caída de los gigantes, forjarán su destino en los años turbulentos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la guerra civil española, el bombardeo de Pearl Harbor y la era de las bombas atómicas americanas y soviéticas."
  • "This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II. It picks up right where the first book left off, and continues 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."@en
  • "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."
  • "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."
  • "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."@en
  • "Es ist eine Zeit des Wandels, eine Zeit der Dunkelheit. Die Englander Lloyd Williams wird Zeuge der Aufstieg Hitlers und beschließt, gegen den Faschismus zu kämpfen."
  • "En esta magnífica novela épica, Ken Follett conduce al lector a través de una Europa en ruinas, quebrada de nuevo por las guerras y los conflictos ideológicos. Los hijos de las cinco familias protagonistas de 'La Caída de los Gigantes' forjarán su destino en los años turbulentos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la guerra civil española, el bombardeo de Pearl Harbor y la era de la bomba atómica."
  • "La couverture indique : "1933, Hitler s'apprête à prendre le pouvoir. L'Allemagne entame les heures les plus sombres de son histoire et va entraîner le monde entier dans la barbarie et la destruction. Les cinq familles dont nous avons fait connaissance dans La chute des géants vont être emportées par le tourbillon de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Amours contrariées, douloureux secrets, tragédies, coups du sort... Des salons du Yacht-Club de Buffalo à Pearl Harbor bombardé, des sentiers des Pyrénées espagnoles à Londres sous le Blitz, de Moscou en pleine évacuation à Berlin en ruines, Boy Fitzherbert, Carla von Ulrich, Lloyd Williams, Daisy Pechkov, Gys Dewar et les autres tenteront de faire face au milieu du chaos. Entre épopée historique et roman d'espionnage, histoire d'amour et thriller politique, ce deuxième volet de la magistrale trilogie du Siècle brosse une fresque inoubliable.""
  • "This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II. It picks up right where the first book left off, and continues 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."@en
  • "This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II. It picks up right where the first book left off, and continues 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."
  • "De lotgevallen van families in Engeland, Wales, Rusland, Duitsland en VS zijn verweven met de gebeurtenissen voor, tijdens en na de Tweede Wereldoorlog."
  • ""Tras el enorme éxito mundial de "La caída de los gigantes", Ken Follett presenta la segunda entrega de la trilogía 'The Century'. En esta novela narra la historia de los hijos de las cinco familias protagonistas desde los años anteriores a la Segunda Guerra Mundial hasta los inicios de la Guerra Fría. El nazismo, la invasión de la Unión Soviética, el ataque a Pearl Harbor, la guerra civil española y el desarrollo de la bomba atómica son algunos de los acontecimientos que marcarán sus vidas." --Contratapa."@es
  • "Es ist eine Zeit des Umbruchs, eine Zeit der Finsternis. Aber auch der Hoffnung, die selbst das tiefste Dunkel erfüllt. Während sich die Lage in Europa gefährlich zuspitzt, versuchen drei junge Menschen heldenhaft ihr Schicksal zu meistern: Der Engländer Lloyd Williams wird Zeuge der Machtergreifung Hitlers und entschliesst sich gegen den Faschismus zu kämpfen. Die deutsche Adelige Carla von Ulrich ist entsetzt über das Unrecht, das im Namen des Volkes geschieht, und geht in den Widerstand, während die lebenshungrige Amerikanerin Daisy nur vom sozialen Aufstieg träumt - und eine bitterböse Überraschung erlebt. Liebe und Hass, Anpassung und Widerstand bilden ein schicksalhaftes Geflecht vor dem grossen Panorama des Zweiten Weltkriegs, der dramatischen Zeitenwende des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts."
  • "Es ist eine Zeit des Umbruchs, eine Zeit der Finsternis. Aber auch der Hoffnung, die selbst das tiefste Dunkel erfüllt. Während sich die Lage in Europa gefährlich zuspitzt, versuchen drei junge Menschen heldenhaft ihr Schicksal zu meistern: Der Engländer Lloyd Williams wird Zeuge der Machtergreifung Hitlers und entschliesst sich gegen den Faschismus zu kämpfen. Die deutsche Adlige Carla von Ulrich ist entsetzt über das Unrecht, das im Namen des Volkes geschieht, und geht in den Widerstand, während die lebenshungrige Amerikanerin Daisy nur vom sozialen Aufstieg träumt - und eine bitterböse Überraschung erlebt."
  • "Akcja książki rozpoczyna się w momencie dojścia Hitlera do władzy w 1933 roku, kilka lat po wydarzeniach opisanych w Upadku Gigantów. Pojawiają się tu postacie, których losy składały się na fabułę tamtej książki, a także ich dorastające i dorosłe dzieci. W Niemczech mnożą się akty przemocy wobec Żydów, represje wobec politycznych przeciwników partii nazistowskiej. Rodziny von Ulrichów i Francków czynnie przeciwstawiają się nazistom i płacą za to najwyższą cenę. Wołodia, syn Grigorija Peszkowa, attache przy ambasadzie radzieckiej w Berlinie, prowadzi działalność wywiadowczą, werbując niemieckich informatorów. Jednym z nich jest Werner Franck. Drugi z braci Peszkowów, Lew, realizuje swoje marzenie-- emigruje do Ameryki i zdobywa fortunę. Jego córka Daisy przyjeżdża do Londynu, gdzie poznaje sympatyzującą z faszystami rodzinę hrabiego Fitzherberta. Uwodzi syna hrabiego, zostaje jego żoną. Na uroczystym balu w Cambridge poznaje Lloyda Williamsa, który zakochuje się w niej od pierwszego wejrzenia. Daisy nie odwzajemnia jego uczucia. Zrozpaczony Lloyd wyjeżdża do Hiszpanii i zgłasza się jako ochotnik do brygad międzynarodowych. Tuż przed wybuchem II wojny światowej los ponownie zetknie go z Daisy."
  • "The story follows characters from Germany, Britain, the USA and the Soviet Union, who become linked by events leading to World War II, and continues through the war and its immediate aftermath."
  • "Continuing the story of five interrelated families as they become entangled in events from the beginning of the twentieth century, from 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."
  • "This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II. It picks up right where the first book left off, and continues 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."
  • "This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II. It picks up right where the first book left off, and continues 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."@en
  • "It is a time of change, a time of darkness. The Englander Lloyd Williams will witness the rise of Hitler and decides to fight against fascism."
  • "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. He also encounters a group of Germans resolved to oppose Hitler - but are they willing to go so far as to betray their country? Such people are closely watched by Volodya, a Russian with a bright future in Red Army Intelligence. The international clash of military power and personal beliefs that ensues will sweep over them all as it rages from Cable Street in London's East End to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, from Spain to Stalingrad, from Dresden to Hiroshima. At Cambridge Lloyd is irresistibly drawn to dazzling American socialite Daisy Peshkov, who represents everything his left-wing family despise. But Daisy is more interested in aristocratic Boy Fitzherbert - amateur pilot, party lover and leading light of the British Union of Fascists. Back in Berlin, Carla worships golden boy Werner from afar. But nothing will work out the way they expect as their lives and the hopes of the world are smashed by the greatest and cruellest war in the history of the human race."@en
  • "Continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II."
  • "Ken Follett follows up his #1 New York Times Ken Follett?s Fall of Giants Winter of the World 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. As always with Ken Follett, the historical background is brilliantly researched and rendered, the action fast-moving, the characters rich in nuance and emotion. With passion and the hand of a master, he brings us into a world we thought we knew, but now will never seem the same again."@en

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  • "Roman"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Historische Romane und Erzählungen"
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "English fiction"
  • "War stories"@en
  • "War stories"
  • "Powieść społeczno-obyczajowa angielska"@pl
  • "Epic fiction"
  • "German language"
  • "Translations"
  • "Translations"@he
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@he
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  • "Online-Publikation"
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  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "History"
  • "History"@es
  • "History"@en
  • "History"@he
  • "General"@en
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@es
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "French language materials"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Novel·la anglesa"

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  • "Svetovna zima druga knjiga trilogije Stoletje"@sl
  • "Winter der Welt Die Jahrhundert-Saga"
  • "Winter der Welt Die Jahrhundert-Saga. Roman"
  • "El Invierno del mundo"
  • "Winter der Welt"
  • "L'hiver du món"
  • "L' hiver du monde"
  • "Zima świata"
  • "Zima świata"@pl
  • "L'hiver du monde : roman"
  • "El invierno del mundo"
  • "El invierno del mundo"@es
  • "L'hivern del món"
  • "Winter der welt die jahrhundert-saga : roman"
  • "שקיעת העולם : ספר II בטרילוגיית המאה"
  • "Winter der Welt die Jahrhundert-Saga ; Roman"
  • "L'hiver du monde"
  • "De nacht van het kwaad"
  • "Sheḳiʻat ha-ʻolam"
  • "שקיעת העולם"
  • "Winter of the world book two of the century trilogy"
  • "Winter of the world : book two of the century trilogy"@en
  • "Winter of the world : book two of the century trilogy"
  • "A megfagyott világ"
  • "Winter der Welt : die Jahrhundert-Saga. Roman"
  • "L'inverno del mondo"@it
  • "L'inverno del mondo"
  • "Nacht van het kwaad"
  • "Winter der Welt : die Jahrhundert-Saga"
  • "A megfagyott világ : Évszázad-trilógia 2"@hu
  • "Ho cheimōnas tou kosmou"
  • "Zima světa : druhá část trilogie Století"
  • "Svetovna zima : druga knjiga trilogije Stoletje"@sl
  • "Winter of the world"
  • "Winter of the world"@en
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "Winter der Welt : Roman"
  • "Verdens vinter"
  • "Verdens vinter"@da
  • "Winter der Welt : die Jahrhundert-Saga ; Roman"
  • "El inverno del mondo"
  • "Winter of the World"@en
  • "Winter of the World"

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