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02595aam a22003493 4500 001 36AB79F8B67311E4914E0686DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20210901012133 008 140221s2014 nyu 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9780451468222 020 $a 0451468228 035 $a (OCoLC)870919581 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Follett, Ken. 245 10 $a Winter of the world / $c Ken Follett. 260 $a New York : $b Signet/Penguin, $c 2014. 300 $a xvii, 910 p. : $b maps ; $c 18 cm. 490 1 $a Century trilogy ; $v bk. 2 500 $a "A Signet book." 500 $a Includes an excerpt from Edge of eternity (p. [894]-910) 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Twentieth century $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Spain $x History $y Civil War, 1936-1939 $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 800 1 $a Follett, Ken. $t Century trilogy ; $v bk. 2. 941 $a 4 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524010714.0 952 $l DNPA403 $d 20230909011619.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204075631.0 952 $l XNPC367 $d 20150217014546.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=36AB79F8B67311E4914E0686DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search