An Oprah's Book Club Selection. From the publisher: "If you liked the Century Trilogy, you'll love the 'extraordinary . . . monumental masterpiece' (Booklist) that changed the course of Ken Follett's already phenomenal career."

Follett writes sweeping historical novels; this epic trilogy revolves around the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and women's suffrage.

From the publisher: "His code name was 'The Needle.' He was a German aristocrat of extraordinary intelligence—a master spy with a legacy of violence in his blood, and the object of the most desperate manhunt in history. But his fate lay in the hands of a young and vulnerable English woman, whose loyalty, if swayed, would assure his freedom—and win the war for the Nazis..."