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The Armour of Light
The Kingsbridge Novels (Related to this series)
- Author
- Ken Follett
- Narrator
- John Lee
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 26 September 2023
- Run Time
- 21 hours 40 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
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.
Critics Review
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Follett’s storytelling skills make their adventures riveting
The Times
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Deploying a substantial cast of characters, Follett unrolls a familiar history of religious and political ferment and turns it into accessible and enjoyable fiction
Daily Mail
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This triumphant saga, begun almost thirty years ago with The Pillars Of The Earth, moves across England to Scotland, France and the New World
Sunday Express
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A sumptuous slice of swashbuckling Elizabethan romance
Mail on Sunday
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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
The National
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A huge read, perfect for long winter nights
Choice
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You won’t be able to put it down
Independent
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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
Cosmopolitan
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A thundering ride through history
Peterborough Evening Telegraph
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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
Lancashire Evening Post
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Details
- Author
- Ken Follett
- Narrator
- John Lee
- Duration
- 21 hours 40 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 September 2023
- ISBN
- 9781509883899
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Historical adventure fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction
Synopsis
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 air1792. 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 edgeUnprecedented 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 horizonNow, 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' - IndependentMore than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. The international no.1 bestselling phenomenon returns.
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