9/25/2023 0 Comments Edge of eternity tough loveLife is all about #simplepleasures isn’t it? I hope I have been able to share some enthusiasm with you and get you to run for discovery of the “Edge of Eternity” and other books from Mr. In fact, I will soon be giving myself the pleasure to read back the Three Tomes of the Century Trilogy. Follet for the true gift, he has in telling beautiful and vivid stories. Ken Follet, reading the “Edge of Eternity” was an occasion for the history fan that I am to get back into more details of world history. Could we imagine what it felt like working in a camp in Siberia? We take our lives as granted. Could we imagine how tough it was for entire families to be separated during years because of a Wall (the Berlin Wall), for parents to live afar from their children, with no hope of seeing them again. Reading the “Edge of Eternity”, I learnt the real meaning of the world “gratitude”. Our ancestors fought hard for this world of yours to be standing and we should be grateful for that and strive for unity rather than pushing ourselves to more violence and negativity, as it tends to be the rule in the 21st century. Ken Follet on how easily we take everything for granted nowadays. Nothing can compare to fighting as a woman, to have the right to vote.ĭefinitely, the 20th century has been one of great challenges, and reading the “Edge of Eternity” just as the other volumes of the trilogy, I have been reminded by Mr. Nothing can compare to fighting to have the right to love someone from a different race than yours. Nothing can compare to being at the brink of a nuclear War and doing the best on both sides to avoid it. Nothing can compare with taking risks to defend the rights of Black People. I won’t say the 21st century is less challenging, but still nothing can compare to World War I and II. It demanded to be courageous, to take stands. It has been one of great challenges for the world citizens. The 20th century has been one of great turmoil and suffering for the world. There is no barrier to our dreams, the only barrier is us. Reading the “Edge of Eternity” and more generally the full trilogy, I have never felt so positive that “Yes we (truly) Can”. On the other hand, we also tend to believe that achieving great things can be difficult or impossible while it all starts with our internal will. Then we wake up old and realize we did nothing or that we kept on making a fuss about nothing. Indeed, we often feel, we have all the time to achieve what we want in life. On top of telling beautiful stories, Ken Follet gives us some life lessons especially in this third volume so well named the “Edge of Eternity”. In the third volume, we also learn more about some old characters such as Grigori Peshkov, a Russian military or Ethel Williams, an inspiring woman character, born as a maid in England but which will die as a member of the Chamber of Lords (what an achievement). In this book, I met some stunning characters, Maria Summers, long-time lover to JF Kennedy, Dave Williams, and his group the Plum Nellies, a nice “copy” to the Beatles, or Carla Hoffman, a West German politician with guts and might. It tells the story of several characters which we will all be involved in the great historical events of this period: civil rights movement, Cold War, 1968, etc. The 3rd volume of the trilogy starts in 1961 and ends in 2008. Edgar Hoover, Staline, or Hitler just to name those. It goes through the lives and destinies of different families based in Russia, England, Germany, and United States, while also getting them to interact with real historical figures such as J. Ken Follet.Īs a reminder, the Century Trilogy is an epic work which goes through all the 20th Century, from World War I to World War II, up to the election of Barack Obama. I happily chose to read the roughly 1000 pages in English, and once more dived into the magic history world of Mr. This was finally made possible by the opening in Douala of the well-known shop “FNAC” where i was able to find English and French version of the book. I have already shared here my review of the 2nd volume and I was longing to get to the end. Edge of Eternity is the 3rd and last volume of the Ken Follet’s Century Trilogy.
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