Just want to comment on
Fall of Giants. I read it last year and cannot recommend it highly enough. It is a sweeping story of families in Russia, Wales, England, the U.S., and Germany as the world becomes engulfed in The Great War.
Not only was the book hard to put down - it is loooong and I read it in 2-3 days - but I understood more about the tragedy of WWI at the end than ever before.
A big thumbs up.