Fall of giants
Thirteen-year-old Billy Williams enters a man's world in the Welsh mining pits. Gus Dewar finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson's White House. Brothers Grigori and Lev Peshkov embark on radically different paths when their plan to immigrate to America falls afoul. Billy's sister Ethel, a h...
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| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Audio,
p2010.
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| Series: | Century trilogy ;
bk. 1 |
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| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here. |
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| Summary: | Thirteen-year-old Billy Williams enters a man's world in the Welsh mining pits. Gus Dewar finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson's White House. Brothers Grigori and Lev Peshkov embark on radically different paths when their plan to immigrate to America falls afoul. Billy's sister Ethel, a housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts, takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German embassy in London. |
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| Item Description: | Abridged. Compact discs. Duration: 13:00:00. |
| Physical Description: | 12 sound discs (ca. 13 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: | 9780142428283 0142428280 9781611763423 1611763428 |
| Author Notes: | His first bestselling novel, Eye of the Needle, was published in 1978 and won the Edgar Award. His other works include Triple, The Key to Rebecca, The Man from St. Petersburg, Lay Down with Lions, The Pillars of the Earth, The Third Twin, The Hammer of Eden, Code to Zero, Whiteout, World Without End, The Century Trilogy, and A Column of Fire. Many of his novels have been adapted into films and television miniseries. He has won numerous awards including the Corine Prize in 2003 for Jackdaws. His nonfiction works include On Wings of Eagles. (Bowker Author Biography) |
