Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, Book 1)

Fall of Giants is the first book in The Century Trilogy. The novel follows five interrelated families through major historical events including the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage. The story spans multiple settings and characters: a thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters the world of coal mining; an American law student finds a new career in Woodrow Wilson's White House after a romantic rejection; a housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts rises above her station; Lady Maud Fitzherbert becomes involved with a German spy; and two orphaned Russian brothers take different paths when their plan to emigrate to America is disrupted by war, conscription, and revolution. The narrative moves from coal mines to palace chandeliers and from corridors of power to private chambers, tracing how the fates of these five families become intertwined across a transformative century.