Edge of Eternity (The Century Trilogy #3) [B0810]

2014 HCDJ in nice, clean condition. Edge of Eternity is the sweeping, passionate conclusion to Ken Follett's extraordinary historical epic, The Century Trilogy. Throughout the series, Follett has followed the fortunes of five intertwined families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - as they make their way through the twentieth century. Now they come to one of the most tumultuous eras of all: the enormous social, political, and economic turmoil of 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.

As always with Follett, the historical background is brilliantly researched and rendered, the action fast-moving, the characters rich in nuance and emotion. With the hand of a master, he brings us into a world we thought we knew but now will never seem the same again.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Wonderful. A history lesson with in-depth personal experience and heartfelt tragedy meshed with family love facing adversity. The characters were so real, I felt as though I knew them."; "The full trilogy is a long story . . with over 3000 pages charting the lives of five families from 1911 to the 1980's. As always, expertly researched and with the level of detail books of this length provide, you become immersed in the world created whilst taking a history lesson at the same time!"; "So good - I think I enjoyed this finale even more than the earlier 2 because I've lived through so many events. We were in Berlin 10 months after the Wall fell. I live in Atlanta where MLK and John Lewis are familiar names. The family trees kept growing and I usually don't keep up well with multiple characters. However I could keep up with these - I liked the way the author divided the chapters with the different storylines."