Edge of Eternity
By Ken Follett
- Release Date: 2014-09-16
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Description
Ken Follett's extraordinary historical epic, the Century Trilogy, reaches its sweeping, passionate conclusion.
In Fall of Giants and Winter of the World, Ken Follett followed the fortunes of five international families—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—as they made their way through the twentieth century. Now they come to one of the most tumultuous eras of all: the 1960s through the 1980s, from civil rights, assassinations, mass political movements, and Vietnam to the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, presidential impeachment, revolution—and rock and roll.
East German teacher Rebecca Hoffmann discovers she’s been spied on by the Stasi for years and commits an impulsive act that will affect her family for the rest of their lives. . . . George Jakes, the child of a mixed-race couple, bypasses a corporate law career to join Robert F. Kennedy's Justice Department and finds himself in the middle of not only the seminal events of the civil rights battle but a much more personal battle of his own. . . . Cameron Dewar, the grandson of a senator, jumps at the chance to do some official and unofficial espionage for a cause he believes in, only to discover that the world is a much more dangerous place than he'd imagined. . . . Dimka Dvorkin, a young aide to Nikita Khrushchev, becomes an agent both for good and for ill as the United States and the Soviet Union race to the brink of nuclear war, while his twin sister, Tanya, carves out a role that will take her from Moscow to Cuba to Prague to Warsaw—and into history.
Reviews
Edge of eternity
3By BeebeebeedeeI have always enjoyed Follett’s writing and historical perspective, but much of his far left leaning writing in this book was not historical, but rather propagandaA POLITICAL HIT JOB
1By lincoln stanThe author(s) are obviously social democrats which is fine as I can respect other people’s ideas but when your fiction is so blatantly generalizing one political party as evil (literally every fictional and historical Republican in this book was a terrible person), I find your writing to be unfortunate. The purpose is to be entertained and I definitely was not. In fact I couldn’t finish this book. Will never read another Follet and crew book again, which is such a disappointment as I’ve enjoyed his other historical fictions series. I guess when you’ve made your millions it’s easy to tell others how they should spend their hard earned dollars. No thanks for your sanctimonious ideology.The Edge of Eternity
3By Emotionally DisturbedOnce again Follet has delivered an astounding account of the era of segregation in the USA. As a Republican I did not care for his comments from that period. Yes. Nixon was an evil man but don’t color us all as evil. I did my student teaching in a predominantly black school, and loved the children as my own. During my teen years, I brought a group of my swimming pals home. One was black! My mother was shocked but I didn’t see the difference.Edge of Eternity
1By tokee555I finished this book purely out of a sense of duty, but I couldn't wait to turn the last page and put it down. Way too preachy, historically inaccurate and wildly time after time, and the characters were flat, poorly developed, and tiresome.Edge of Eternity
3By NoBrainerToMeFollet is a great story teller mixing in history with fictional characters. He took the baby killing too far in Vietnam as heroes fought in and sacrificed there lives, limbs and minds. He did not try to conceal his hatred of Reagan. Reagan is a hero to many Americans. He bucked his constituents in taking on Gorbachev while setting the table for the eventual take down of the Berlin Wall. His economic policy in cutting taxes also set the table for recovering the economy after Carter allowed ungodly interest rates and inflation with his policies. Follet’s hero, Obama, took our nation backwards with racism back to the 1950’s. If you’re into romance novels you will love this book as he could make some romance novelists blush. As usual, he championed strong women, which is great but he also championed gay rights which was unnecessary. I give his writing ability a 5, and his content a 2, thus an overall 3.5.Edge of Eternity
2By alan513894520Liked his other books but his hate for any Republican leadership in the US and his strong bias made this difficult to read and take seriously.Irrelevant
2By B Stelter CNNFollett should have stopped at WWII. No attempt at objectivity here. And that diminishes his earlier works in my mind. Too badLiberal take on history
1By Night Ranger rocksObviously a very liberal take on history which is very disappointing given how much I have enjoyed his other books. Don’t think I’ll be giving him any more of my money if this liberal drivel is what I am going to be reading.Loved it!
5By NJSGuitarNot only is this a terrific story line, I enjoyed the historical detail. Book was total entertainment and enlightenment! Eager to read the next one!Century Trilogy
5By SophieBergdolt2An extraordinary series with exquisite detail to history and to characters. Sad to see it come to an end.Wonderfully written
5By FG900As someone who enjoys historical fiction, this is one of the all time greats!! Bravo!Fun, completely wrongheaded, fictional account of the fall of militant communism
2By Johnny 5 parFollet will be a great spokesman for the non militant form of communism currently gaining steam in the US. The new propagandistic form of media will applaud this revisionist history.VERY DISAPPOINTING!
1By SolmosalarAfter thoroughly enjoying the first two books in this excellent historical novel trilogy (I would highly recommend them), I naturally purchased the third, EDGE OF ETERNITY. It was a mistake. I’m ~130 pages into it, and so far it is mostly about adolescent sexual adventures, sex with JFK, and detailed multi-page accounts of sex & more sex. Frankly, I’m really not so sure that this last book in the series was written by the same author of the first two books. Very disappointing, as I have enjoyed so many of the works of Ken Follett over decades. Don’t waste your money.Love
5By PROSPERITYDEEOne of my favorite!Edge of Eternity
5By MaggieMaeBC-OHThis is book three of the trilogy. Very powerful story. I couldn’t put it down.Straw men abound
2By Steely1954Unlike the Pillars of the Earth trilogy, The Century trilogy was written to a very narrow audience with a complete socialist bias, especially the American narrative. The British storyline was only marginally better. The first book was decently written, but it became an international soap opera thereafter. The only cogent explanation in books 2-3 was the downfall from within of Communism, and even that was selectively written. All American Democrats are good or at least well meaning, and all Republicans were racists and mass murderers. I know there is an ignorant minority on both sides that espouse such black and white views, but I expected better from Follett and was sorely disappointed.R for e cxzZcwfv
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5By MrjamestxJust this moment finished the third. Truly a great read. Not sure there is anything that can equal this piece of work.Edge of Eternity
5By EffgummThoroughly researched and beautifully crafted story. Covering majorhistorical events seen through the eyes of believable protagonists kept me up many nights. One quibble: the Iran hostage crisis of 1979 to me represents a major turning point in Middle East-US relations. The scene with the botched assassination attempt had more shock value to the reader, but while horrible, is not on the same level in terms of global impact as the other events in the trilogy.
