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When Rebecca Hoffmann, a teacher in East Germany, finds herself pursued by the secret police, she discovers that she has been living a lie. Her younger brother, Walli, longs to escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain to become part of the burgeoning music scene. In the United States, George Jakes, a bright young lawyer in the Kennedy administration, is a fierce supporter of the Civil Rights movement -- as is the woman he is in love with, Verena, who works for Martin Luther King, Jr. Boarding a Greyhound bus in Washington to protest against segregation, they begin a fateful journey together. Russian activist, Tania Dvorkin, narrowly evades capture for producing an illegal news sheet. Her actions are made all the more perilous as her brother, Dimka, is a rising star in the heart of the Communist Party in the Kremlin.
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Edge of Eternity, Ken Follett
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- Released
- 2018
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- Title
- Edge of Eternity
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ken Follett
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 1184
- ISBN10
- 1509848533
- ISBN13
- 9781509848539
- Series
- The Century Trilogy
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Historical Fiction, Family, Wars, USA, Germany, World War II, 20th century, Russia, Great Britain, English Literature, Race, Racism, Berlin, America, International Relations, German Democratic Republic, Soviet Union, Bestsellers, Secret Services, Cold War, Stasi (Secret Police and Intelligence of GDR), Berlin Wall
- First published
- 2014
- Original title
- The Edge of Eternity
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- When Rebecca Hoffmann, a teacher in East Germany, finds herself pursued by the secret police, she discovers that she has been living a lie. Her younger brother, Walli, longs to escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain to become part of the burgeoning music scene. In the United States, George Jakes, a bright young lawyer in the Kennedy administration, is a fierce supporter of the Civil Rights movement -- as is the woman he is in love with, Verena, who works for Martin Luther King, Jr. Boarding a Greyhound bus in Washington to protest against segregation, they begin a fateful journey together. Russian activist, Tania Dvorkin, narrowly evades capture for producing an illegal news sheet. Her actions are made all the more perilous as her brother, Dimka, is a rising star in the heart of the Communist Party in the Kremlin.