Follett, Ken.

The armour of light / Ken Follett. - London : Macmillan, 2023. - 752 pages ; 24 cm. - The Kingsbridge novels . - Kingsbridge novels. .

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.

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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--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

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