Sikumema ukuthi uthole inoveli Ukuwa kwemidondoshiya wesazi sefilosofi saseNgilandi nombhali uKen Follett. Hlanganyela nathi njengoba sibuyekeza le akhawunti yomlando, ngeke kube khona ukuzisola!

Mayelana nombhali wencwadi ethi The Fall of the Giants
UKent Follet, ongowokuzalwa eNgilandi, wazalelwa emndenini okholwayo lapho ayencishwa khona izinto eziningi zokuzilibazisa, ngakho-ke umthombo wakhe omkhulu wokuphazamiseka kwakuyizincwadi. Lo mcwaningi wenze izifundo zeFilosofi e-University College eLondon, okwamsiza emsebenzini wakhe njengombhali.
Ngemva kokuphothula enyuvesi, uKent waphishekela iziqu zobuntatheli, esebenza njengentatheli nomlobi waze wanquma ukuzinikela ekubhaleni. Ngemva kweminyaka eminingana esebenza endlini yokunyathelisa yaseLondon, wakwazi ukushicilela incwadi yakhe yokuqala. Uma unentshisekelo, yima ngalesi sigaba futhi uthole ama-40 lapha Ababhali abadumile efundeka kakhulu futhi eyaziwa emlandweni.
Imayelana nani inoveli ethi, The Fall of the Giants?
Inoveli Ukuwa kwemidondoshiya ilandisa ngempilo yemindeni yaseMelika, yamaNgisi, eyaseRussia kanye neyamaJalimane esimweni nasendaweni yeMpi Yezwe Yokuqala, iNguquko YaseRussia kanye nezinguquko ezijulile kwezenhlalo ezabangelwa yiyo. Ungathola izehlakalo zomlando nezenhlalo phakathi komlando, ezenzeka ngempela, njenge:
- Ukubulawa kuka-Archduke Franz Ferdinand nomkakhe
- Uhlelo lweSchlieffen
- Izimpi eMarne
- impi yomsele, isivumelwano sikakhisimusi
- impi yama-somme
- I-armistice ekupheleni kwempi
- Amaphuzu ayishumi nane kaWilson
- ISivumelwano SaseVersailles
- Ukubuyela kukaLenin ePetrograd
- ama-bolshevik
- Isonto legazi
- Inguquko kaFebruwari no-Okthoba.
Ngokunjalo nombhali ukhombisa imininingwane yomnotho wempi owafika ngemuva kokuhlanganiswa kwabesifazane emsebenzini. Futhi, ikhuluma ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezikhali, isibonelo, ukwethulwa kwamagesi anobuthi.
Futhi ngaphezu kokukhombisa isimo sezomnotho nezimboni zamazwe abambe iqhaza kule micimbi, umbhali ugxile endleleni inkulumo-ze ekhohlisa ngayo wonke umuntu. Kulo mongo, ukuhlaziywa okujulile komthelela we ithonya labesifazane emphakathini ngalesi sikhathi.
Umbhali wethula ku Ukuwa kwemidondoshiya, njengombhidisi we-orchestra, abalingisi bangempela bomlando abaxubene nabathile bamanga, ukube bekhona, ababengaba kuleso simo ngaphandle kokungabaza.
Njengomdlalo wenganekwane, abalingisi benganekwane bangase bethule umcimbi wangempela futhi ngokufanayo, abalingisi bangempela bangase babe ezindaweni eziqanjiwe uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi bekungaba yini. Ngakho-ke ngamagama nezibongo sikubona ekuthuthukisweni kwenoveli:
- inkululeko emelwe uMaud Fitzherbert noWalter, ababefuna ukuthula ukuze babe ndawonye.
- Abashisekeli bobuzwe, ababefuna ukukhulisa uquqaba ngemibono yokuvikela izwe lakubo, umndeni, amasiko nodumo; lapha sino-Earl Fitzherbert.
- amaSocialists babemelene nempi njengoba babecabanga ukuthi ingxabano phakathi konxiwankulu, kodwa bafuna ukuqhubekela phambili emzabalazweni wezigaba wokuketula onxiwankulu kanye nawobunxiwankulu; imelwe abanye abavukuzi baseWales namalungu e-British Labour Party njengoBernie.
Abalingiswa bangempela nabaqanjiwe
Ukukhombisa ukuzinikela nokunakekela obekudingwa yile noveli, sibala abalingiswa bayo:
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AbaseMelika:
- USenator Cameron Dewar.
- UGus Dewar, indodana yakhe. Uhlala ekhona ekusebenzelaneni noMongameli uWilson kanye nepolitiki yaseMelika.
- Josef Vyalov, usomabhizinisi. Unebhizinisi le-bar futhi uzoba nezinkinga ngokusungulwa kokwenqatshelwa.
- Olga Vyalov, indodakazi yakhe. Ekugcineni, nakuba enezinhlelo zekusasa eziqhakazile, uLev uzomenza aphambuke futhi abhekane naye.
- URosa Hellman, intatheli egcina ngokushada noGus Dewar.
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IsiNgisi nesiScottish:
- Count Fitzherbert, okuthiwa Fitz. Ungumlingiswa onengcebo enkulu kodwa amandla amancane okuhlanganisa uquqaba. Ilungu le-House of Lords kanye ne-Conservative Party.
- Inkosazana u-Elizabeth, wabiza uBea, umkakhe. Ungowozalo lwamakhosi aseRussia i-tsarist futhi ungudadewabo wendlalifa esihlalweni sobukhosi.
- U-Lady Maud Fitzherbert, udadewabo kaFitz. Ungumlingiswa oyinhloko wamahlazo, kokubili izimangalo kanye nendaba yothando engenakwenzeka no-Walter. Uyazwelana nabenkululeko, uzimele, ungowakwa-suffragist, futhi ungumsekeli wenkululeko yabesifazane.
- U-Lady Hermia, obizwa ngokuthi u-Anti uHerm, u-anti kaFitz ompofu.
- U-Mildred Perkins, umqashi ka-Ethel. Uzoba nebhizinisi kodwa futhi uzoba nobudlelwano noBilly.
- U-Bernie Leckwith, unobhala wegatsha le-Aldgate le-Labour Party kanye nomyeni ka-Ethel.
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IsiFulentshi:
- UGeneral Joffre, uMkhuzi Omkhulu Wezempi YaseFrance.
- UGeneral Galliéni, umkhuzi webutho laseParis.
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AmaJalimane nama-Austrian:
- U-Otto von Ulrich, umkhulumeli waseJalimane kanye nendoda yezempi ehlobene eduze noKaiser Wilhelm II. Ungubaba kaWalter, indoda ethanda kakhulu ezombangazwe kodwa enezimo zengqondo ezimbalwa ezicindezelayo.
- UWalter von Ulrich, indodana ka-Otto, inxusa lezempi ehhovisi lenxusa laseJalimane eLondon. Uneshende wagcina eshade noMaud.
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AmaRashiya:
- UGrigori Peshkov, umsebenzi wensimbi. Ungumlingiswa olwayo kakhulu, ukhipha umfowabo futhi uyisosha elihle kakhulu lokulwa.
- Lev Peshkov, umkhwenyana wamahhashi Putilov Factory. Ungumfowabo kaGrigori kodwa akahlangene naye, akanacala nhlobo futhi uthatha izixazululo ngokungemthetho.
- U-Konstantin, u-shift opharetha, umongameli wombuthano wengxoxo.
- UVaria, isisebenzi, umama kaKonstantin.
- Mikhail Pinski, iphoyisa. Lo mlingisi umele isibonelo sephoyisa elikhohlakele futhi eliphambene ngokuphelele nalokho okufanele libe yikho.
- UNina, incekukazi kaPrincess Bea.
- INkosana u-Andrei, umfowabo kaBea. Kulandela yena ohlwini lwabazothatha izintambo kodwa ubulawa abantu basedolobheni lakhe ngaphambi kokuthi athathe isihlalo sobukhosi.
- UKaterina, umlimi osanda kufika edolobheni oxuba umlando wakhe nabazalwane bakwaPeshkov.
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Isi-Welsh:
- UDavid Williams, isazi sezinyunyana kanye no-Conservative, kanye noCara Williams, umkakhe.
- U-Ethel Williams, indodakazi yakhe. Ungowesifazane obaluleke kakhulu kuwo wonke umsebenzi, uyakwazi ukuba yilungu lephalamende kanye nelungelo lokuvota, aqhubeke yedwa kanye nendodana ye-bastard futhi abangele ingxabano ngokudalwa kwephephandaba lakhe.
- UBilly Williams, indodana yakhe. Uyisosha elisezingeni eliphezulu enkundleni yempi futhi ubuye abe yiqhawe elinamandla kuyo yonke indima ayidlalile.
- UTommy Griffiths, umngane omkhulu kaBilly Williams.
- ABAMZIMBI: UDavid Crampton, uDai the Whiner, uDai Ponis, umkhwenyana, uPerceval Jones, umqondisi weCeltic Minerals (inkampani yaseWales ebiphethe imayini edolobheni okukhona laba balingisi), uMaldwyn Morgan, umqondisi wemayini yamalahle, uRhys Price, oyinduna yezokuphepha emayini yamalahle.
- Abasebenzi benkonzo yakwaFitz bahlanganisa: Peel, butler, kanye noNkk. Jevons, umgcini wasendlini.
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Izinhlamvu Zangempela Zomlando:
- David Lloyd George, Ilungu lePhalamende leLiberal Party.
- UWoodrow Wilson, uMongameli wama-28 wase-United States.
- UWilliam Jennings Bryan, uNobhala Wezwe.
- Joseph Daniels, unobhala weNavy.
- INkosi uGeorge V - Indlovukazi uMariya
- UMansfield Smith-Cumming, obizwa ngokuthi "C", inhloko yoMnyango Wezangaphandle wezinkonzo eziyimfihlo (kamuva i-MI6).
- USir Edward Grey, Unobhala Wehhovisi Lezangaphandle.
- USir William Tyrrell, unobhala womuntu siqu kaGrey.
- Winston Churchill, ilungu lePhalamende.
- Asquith, iLungu lePhalamende, uNdunankulu.
- USir John French, uMkhuzi weBritish Expeditionary Force.
- UPrince Karl Lichnowsky, inxusa laseJalimane eLondon.
- Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg.
- Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, ushansela.
- Arthur Zimmermann, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle.
- UVladimir Ilyich Lenin, inhloko yeqembu lamaBolshevik.
- U-Leon Trotsky, abahleli abakhulu be-Revolution ka-Okthoba.