The armour of light / Ken Follett.
By: Follett, Ken.
Series: Kingsbridge novels: Publisher: London : Macmillan, 2023Description: 752 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781447278832 (hbk.) :; 1447278836 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Historical | Historical | 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799 | Thriller / suspense fiction | Historical adventure fiction | Generational sagas | Historical fiction | Great Britain -- History -- 1789-1820 -- Fiction | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction.Summary: 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 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. 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.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Novels | Issued | 14/05/2024 | 38055400024718 | |||
| Adult book | Eccleston Library Novels | Issued | 25/04/2024 | 38055400024719 | |||
| Adult book | St Helens Library Novels | Issued | 17/05/2024 | 38055400024720 |
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 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. 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.