The Armour of Light: A Page-turning, Epic Kingsbridge Novel from the Bestselling Author of The Pillars of The Earth

The Armour of Light is Ken Follett's most ambitious novel to date, set in the 18th century with a cast of unforgettable characters. It follows the lives of a small group of Kingsbridge people as they seek enlightenment and fight for a future free from oppression. Follett's storytelling skills make the adventures riveting, and the plague scenes are expertly handled.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 752 pages
Publication date: 15 August 2024
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

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. 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 neighbors are on high alert. Kingsbridge is on the edge. 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. 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 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. 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.

Weight: 500g
Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781447278856