![]() ![]() ![]() We killed more people in the 20th century than in any previous century, in the trenches of World War I, in the Soviet Union under Stalin, in Germany under the Nazis, Spain under Franco. I’m 61 years old, if I’m going to do something really, really ambitious, this is probably the moment to do it?Ī: The 20th century is the most dramatic and violent period in the history of the human race. Q: The Century Trilogy is a massive project. As if that wasn’t enough, executive producers Ridley and Tony Scott have transformed his Gothic cathedral-building novel Pillars into a US$40-million miniseries that is garnering boffo ratings around the world. The 985-page book is the first volume in his Century Trilogy, centred on five interrelated families at the beginning of the 20th century. Now he’s back with a sprawling epic, Fall of Giants. But like so many popular historical novelists, he just can’t stop. He’s sold more than 100 million copies of best sellers such as The Pillars of the Earth, Eye of the Needle, and World Without End. Ken Follett doesn’t need to write another word. ![]()
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