Ken Follett - Winter of the World

To the memory of my grandparents,

Tom and Minnie Follett

Arthur and Bessie Evans

American

Dewar Family

Senator Gus Dewar

Rosa Dewar, his wife

Woody Dewar, their elder son

Chuck Dewar, their younger son

Ursula Dewar, Guss mother

Peshkov Family

Lev Peshkov

Olga Peshkov, his wife

Daisy Peshkov, their daughter

Marga, Levs mistress

Greg Peshkov, son of Lev and Marga

Gladys Angelus, film star, also Levs mistress

Rouzrokh Family

Dave Rouzrokh

Joanne Rouzrokh, his daughter

Buffalo Socialites

Dot Renshaw

Charlie Farquharson

Others

Joe Brekhunov, a thug

Brian Hall, union organizer

Jacky Jakes, starlet

Eddie Parry, sailor, friend of Chucks

Captain Vandermeier, Chucks superior

Margaret Cowdry, beautiful heiress

Real Historical Characters

President F. D. Roosevelt

Marguerite Missy LeHand, his assistant

Vice-President Harry Truman

Cordell Hull, Secretary of State

Sumner Welles, Undersecretary of State

Colonel Leslie Groves, Army Corps of Engineers

English

Fitzherbert Family

Earl Fitzherbert, called Fitz

Princess Elizaveta, called Bea, his wife

Boy Fitzherbert, Viscount Aberowen, their elder son

Andy, their younger son

Leckwith-Williams Family

Ethel Leckwith (ne Williams), Member of Parliament for Aldgate

Bernie Leckwith, Ethels husband

Lloyd Williams, Ethels son, Bernies stepson

Millie Leckwith, Ethel and Bernies daughter

Others

Ruby Carter, friend of Lloyds

Sir Bartholomew (Bing) Westhampton, friend of Fitzs

Lindy and Lizzie Westhampton, Bings twin daughters

Jimmy Murray, son of General Murray

May Murray, his sister

Marquis of Lowther, called Lowthie

Naomi Avery, Millies best friend

Abe Avery, Naomis brother

Real Historical Characters

Ernest Bevin, MP, Foreign Secretary

German & Austrian

Von Ulrich Family

Walter von Ulrich

Maud (ne Lady Maud Fitzherbert), his wife

Erik, their son

Carla, their daughter

Ada Hempel, their maid

Kurt, Adas illegitimate son

Robert von Ulrich, Walters second cousin

Jrg Schleicher, Roberts partner

Rebecca Rosen, an orphan

Franck Family

Ludwig Franck

Monika (ne Monika von der Helbard), his wife

Werner, their elder son

Frieda, their daughter

Axel, their younger son

Ritter, chauffeur

Count Konrad von der Helbard, Monikas father

Rothmann Family

Dr Isaac Rothmann

Hannelore Rothmann, his wife

Eva, their daughter

Rudi, their son

Von Kessel Family

Gottfried von Kessel, deputy for the Centre Party

Heinrich von Kessel, his son

Gestapo

Commissar Thomas Macke

Inspector Kringelein, Mackes boss

Reinhold Wagner

Klaus Richter

Gnther Schneider

Others

Hermann Braun, Eriks best friend

Sergeant Schwab, gardener

Wilhelm Frunze, scientist

Russian

Peshkov Family

Grigori Peshkov

Katerina, his wife

Vladimir, always called Volodya, their son

Anya, their daughter

Others

Zoya Vorotsyntsev, physicist

Ilya Dvorkin, officer of the secret police

Colonel Lemitov, Volodyas boss

Colonel Bobrov, Red Army officer in Spain

Real Historical Characters

Lavrentiy Beria, head of the secret police

Vyacheslav Molotov, Foreign Minister

Spanish

Teresa, literacy teacher

Welsh

Williams Family

David Williams, called Dai, Granda

Cara Williams, Grandmam

Billy Williams, MP for Aberowen

Mildred, Billys wife

Dave, Billys elder son

Keir, Billys younger son

Griffiths Family

Tommy Griffiths, Billy Williamss political agent

Lenny Griffiths, Tommys son

1933

Carla knew her parents were about to have a row. The second she walked into the kitchen she felt the hostility, like the bone-deep cold of the wind that blew through the streets of Berlin before a February snowstorm. She almost turned and walked back out again.

It was unusual for them to fight. Mostly they were affectionate too much so. Carla cringed when they kissed in front of other people. Her friends thought it was strange: their parents did not do that. She had said that to her mother, once. Mother had laughed in a pleased way and said: The day after our wedding, your father and I were separated by the Great War. She had been born English, though you could hardly tell. I stayed in London while he came home to Germany and joined the army. Carla had heard this story many times, but Mother never tired of telling it. We thought the war would last three months, but I didnt see him again for five years. All that time I longed to touch him. Now I never tire of it.

Father was just as bad. Your mother is the cleverest woman I have ever met, he had said here in the kitchen just a few days ago. Thats why I married her. It had nothing to do with... He had tailed off, and Mother and he had giggled conspiratorially, as if Carla at the age of eleven knew nothing about sex. It was so embarrassing.

But once in a while they had a quarrel. Carla knew the signs. And a new one was about to erupt.

They were sitting at opposite ends of the kitchen table. Father was sombrely dressed in a dark-grey suit, starched white shirt and black satin tie. He looked dapper, as always, even though his hair was receding and his waistcoat bulged a little beneath the gold watch chain. His face was frozen in an expression of false calm. Carla knew that look. He wore it when one of the family had done something that angered him.

He held in his hand a copy of the weekly magazine for which Mother worked, The Democrat. She wrote a column of political and diplomatic gossip under the name of Lady Maud. Father began to read aloud. Our new chancellor, Herr Adolf Hitler, made his debut in diplomatic society at President Hindenburgs reception.