I particularly liked the relatable and interesting characters that you will encounter in the story. Such a powerful start to the novel left me with a sense of dread as I flipped the pages. He begins this by allowing the readers to witness the Nazis ransack a local newspaper office who criticized the chancellor and letting one of the main characters, Lloyd Williams, witness the death of a homosexual prisoner who was imprisoned and killed in public because he was gay. The narrative is absorbing, taking the reader across different scenarios from the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Berlin.Īs I flipped through the first few pages of the book, I was curious on how the author would portray the darkness of the reign of Adolf Hitler. It is set in World War 2, starting in Germany in 1933 where the Nazis are gaining popularity and ending after the explosion of the American and Soviet atomic bombs. Winter of the World is the second book of the Century Trilogy written by Ken Follett and published in 2012. I spent Christmas in the Philippines with my family and reading an amazing novel which transported me back to the Third Reich.
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