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Edge of Eternity
- Century Trilogy, Book 3
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 36 hrs and 51 mins
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Summary
Edge of Eternity is the epic, final novel in Ken Follett's captivating and hugely ambitious Century trilogy. On its own or in sequence with Fall of Giants and Winter of the World, this is an irresistible and spellbinding epic about the fight for personal freedom set during the Cold War.
A Fight Against Injustice
1961, and in the United States George Jakes, a bright young lawyer in the Kennedy administration and fierce supporter of the civil rights movement, boards a Greyhound bus in Washington with Verena, an employee of Martin Luther King whom he is in love with, to protest against segregation.
A Rising Tide of Danger
In East Germany, teacher Rebecca Hoffmann finds her entire life has been a lie as she is targeted by the secret police, even as her younger brother, Walli, dreams of escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain. In Russia, activist Tania Dvorkin narrowly evades capture for producing an illegal news-sheet, her actions all the more perilous because her brother, Dimka, is an emerging star of the Communist Party.
A Cold War That Could Eliminate the World Forever
In a sweeping tale that began in 1911, the descendants of five families will now find their true destiny as they fight for their individual freedom in a world facing the mightiest clash of superpowers it has ever seen.
Critic reviews
"The true historical events are probably the most exciting bits to read, because Follett always gives his puppet eye-witnesses an excellent vantage point from which to recount them." (Private Eye)
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-09-14
Best in series
If you could sum up Edge of Eternity in three words, what would they be?
Satisfying, engrossing, awesome
What was one of the most memorable moments of Edge of Eternity?
Perhaps early on, when George's freedom bus is attacked. It's quite visceral and brings to life the base malice of Southern white violence that somehow got left out of Gone With The Wind. It sets the stage for the struggle the "negros" face in the decades to come.
Have you listened to any of John Lee’s other performances? How does this one compare?
Yes, nearly 200 hours of Ken Follett books alone! This trilogy plus his middle ages books, Pillars Of The Earth and World Without End. There's a character in this book called John Lee, and I'd dearly love to confirm if he was named after Follett's prolific narrator.
How does it compare? Well, I listened to the earlier installments again recently, and I can say that the narration and character voices remain perfectly aligned, as if they'd come from one, excruciatingly long recording session.
The one negative thing I'd say is that poor Lee got thrown a curveball with this book. If he'd known he'd have to impersonate John and Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Richard Nixon, he might have turned it down. But by the third book, it was too late!
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
A lot can change in half a century.
Any additional comments?
I finished the nearly 37 hour book in 9 days, which is probably why I'm the first to leave a review! I hope that speaks for how compelling I found it.
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- Swilly
- 21-03-18
Superb from start to finish
This trilogy has it all. Superb. Gutted it has ended after 100+ hours of listening!
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- Mr. Peter A. Jackson
- 10-03-16
Pronunciation irritates
Great stories but why read by a narrator with a British accent but weird American pronunciations?
It just took the shine off for me
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- bed
- 23-11-17
Living history
I really enjoyed remembering all the events with the addition of characters to make it come alive. Just wish Ken Follett wasn’t so obsessed by sex!
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- caro
- 23-08-20
Fantastic trilogy
Amazing characters and amazing story. I laughed, I cried and I was amazed by it all. Thank you Ken Follett.
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- Joe
- 22-01-15
Great ending to a fantastic trilogy!
I was looking forward to the third book in the Century Trilogy the most by far and it did not disappoint. Fiction character driven story lines skilfully interwoven with historical events - Ken Follett at his best.
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- Emily
- 01-11-16
The last of a brilliant trilogy
This book was read wonderfully and the story was great and evocative, as was the entire trilogy. It's sad to think how the events of history have affected so many, and how far we have come, but then look at the way the world is going now.
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- Andre
- 30-03-15
Phew ! what a page turner
Well that just brings my formative years into a clear historical perspective. What a world we live in!! What a great story we have lived through!!!
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- richardshymansky
- 04-08-16
Brilliant book
Great book, I really understood the period much better. I feel it was very well researched and gave me a good perspective of all the politics in that era
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- Ali
- 30-01-15
Bringing history to life
The third book of this enlightening trilogy. Ken 's characters are believable and allows the reader to experience the reality of life during the Cold War from all perspectives. Brilliant.
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