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The Armour of Light

A Kingsbridge Novel

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The Armour of Light

By: Ken Follett
Narrated by: John Lee
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Summary

The grand master of gripping fiction is back. International No.1 bestseller Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge with an epic tale of revolution and a cast of unforgettable characters.

Revolution is in the air

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.

Kingsbridge is on the edge

Unprecedented 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.

Tyranny is on the horizon

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 . . .

Taking the listener 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.

'Follett's storytelling skills make their adventures riveting' - The Times

'An effortlessly engaging and entertaining read' - Daily Mail

'Bold in scale and meticulously researched' - The Sunday Times

'The plague scenes are expertly handled. Where Follett excels is in telling a yarn' - Independent

More than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. The international no.1 bestselling phenomenon returns.

Genre Fiction Historical Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Napoleon Bonaparte
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Critic reviews

Follett’s storytelling skills make their adventures riveting
Deploying a substantial cast of characters, Follett unrolls a familiar history of religious and political ferment and turns it into accessible and enjoyable fiction
This triumphant saga, begun almost thirty years ago with The Pillars Of The Earth, moves across England to Scotland, France and the New World
A sumptuous slice of swashbuckling Elizabethan romance
The characters, both fictional and real, are fascinating, and the Tudor period setting holds its own special allure. This is a novel that fans of historical fiction will savour and cherish
A huge read, perfect for long winter nights
You won’t be able to put it down
Enormous and brilliant . . . this mammoth tale seems to touch all human emotion – love and hate, loyalty and treachery, hope and despair. This is truly a novel to get lost in
A thundering ride through history
Follett has once more lit the touch paper of English history and allowed it to explode across the pages in in all its vivid technicolour
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I did enjoy the book but the earlier books are, in my opinion, by far the best. Still pleased I have listened to them all.

Not the best in this series to be honest.

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Another great story, a bit too much war for me
As a bellringer some of the detail was all wrong

Great story

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An epic story of a whole village and English rural life around the time of the French revolution and napoleon’s rise. Beautifully told.

Wonderful historical adventure

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I enjoyed this book, although I would say this is not on a par with the other Kingsbridge Novels. John Lee, as always was excellent in narration.

Another good book by Follet

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like all of his books, there's clearly fantastic levels of research alongside believable characters. he has continued the kingsbridge story well.

great continuation with good historical content

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