The Armour of Light

\n \nThe grand master of gripping historical fiction is back. International No.1 bestseller Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge with an epic tale of revolution and a cast of unforgettable characters. \n \nRevolution is in the air \n \n1792. 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. \n \nKingsbridge is on the edge \n \nUnprecedented industrial change sweeps the land, making the lives of the workers in Kingbridge's prosperous cloth mills a misery. Rampant modernization and dangerous new machinery are rendering jobs obsolete and tearing families apart. \n \nTyranny is on the horizon \n \nNow, 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. . . \n \nTaking 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. \n \n'Follett's storytelling skills make their adventures riveting' – The Times \n \n'An effortlessly engaging and entertaining read' – Daily Mail \n \n'Bold in scale and meticulously researched' – The Sunday Times \n \n'The plague scenes are expertly handled. Where Follett excels is in telling a yarn' – Independent \n \nMore than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. The international no.1 bestselling phenomenon returns. \n \n