The Armour of Light

The grand master of gripping fiction is back. International no. 1 bestseller Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge in the 18th century, with an epic tale of revolution and a cast of unforgettable characters.<BR><BR>Revolution is in the air<BR><BR>1792. A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to power, and with dissent rife, France's neighbours are on high alert.<BR><BR>Kingsbridge is on the edge<BR><BR>Unprecedented industrial change sweeps the land, making the lives of the workers in Kingsbridge's prosperous cloth mills a misery. Rampant modernization and dangerous new machinery are rendering jobs obsolete and tearing families apart.<BR><BR>Tyranny is on the horizon<BR><BR>Now, as international conflict nears, a story of a small group of Kingsbridge people - including spinner Sal Clitheroe, weaver David Shoveller and Kit, Sal's inventive and headstrong son - will come to define the struggle of a generation as they seek enlightenment and fight for a future free from oppression . . .<BR><BR>Taking the reader straight into the heart of history with the fifth novel in the ground-breaking Kingsbridge series, The Armour of Light is master storyteller Ken Follett's most ambitious novel to date.<BR><BR>'Follett's storytelling skills make their adventures riveting' - The Times<BR><BR>'An effortlessly engaging and entertaining read' - Daily Mail<BR><BR>'Bold in scale and meticulously researched' - The Sunday Times<BR><BR>'The plague scenes are expertly handled. Where Follett excels is in telling a yarn' - The Independent<BR><BR>More than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. The international no. 1 bestselling phenomenon returns.