{"product_id":"the-armour-of-light-by-ken-follett","title":"The Armour of Light by Ken Follett","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRevolution is in the air. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1792. 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKingsbridge is on the edgeUnprecedented 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 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 . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaking 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'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' – The Independent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMore than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe international no. 1 bestselling phenomenon returns.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 15 Aug 2024, Pan Macmillan \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781447278856\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 752 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56906229645694,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781447278856.jpg?v=1770638051","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/the-armour-of-light-by-ken-follett","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}