Follett’s no-nonsense style can lack subtlety at times, but he more than makes up for it with his firm grasp of history and ability to juggle multiple story strands, each as attention-grabbing as the last.
Her husband, Walter, a member of the Reichstag, prefers a less risky approach to the Nazi threat, while son Erik disagrees: "But the Aryan race must be superior – we rule the world!" "What would life be like for our children if Germany became a Fascist state?" she argues. Over breakfast with her family at their Berlin home, native Englishwoman Maud von Ulrich defends the outspoken stance she took in her last magazine column. Hitler has just been made chancellor, and Germans are pondering how to react. The second volume in Ken Follett’s Century Trilogy begins with a scene that aptly foreshadows its chilling title.
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