"I start with the history, and I ask myself, 'What are the great turning points? What are the big dramatic scenes that are essential to telling the story? " Follett says. Its subjects range from class warfare between labor and aristocrats, to the suffrage movement, to the horrific ways in which WWI was fought. It’s also going to be a story about ordinary people struggling to lead their lives.' "įall of Giants, Follett's 20th novel, spotlights five families from Wales, the United States, Russia and Germany as their countries hurtle toward World War I. His sales have topped the 100-million-copy mark.įollett tells NPR's Guy Raz that this time, he "wanted to say to the reader right away, 'OK, this isn’t going to be a story all about kings and queens and prime ministers and presidents. He made his name writing spy novels like Eye of the Needle and turned to historical fiction with works like Pillars of the Earth. Ken Follett's new novel is called Fall of Giants, and as the 985-page first installment of a trilogy covering the 20th century, it certainly qualifies as epic. The author who has dominated epic storytelling for three decades is back with another ambitious saga. The first novel is called Fall of Giants. Author Ken Follett is writing a trilogy about the 20th century.
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