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The Armour of Light

Kingsbridge, Book 4

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The Armour of Light

By: Ken Follett
Narrated by: John Lee
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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.

©2023 Ken Follett (P)2023 Penguin Random House LLC Genre Fiction Historical Sagas Thriller & Suspense Fiction Napoleon Bonaparte

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'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
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I enjoyed this book as much as the others in the series- however I did not care much about battle plans and the details of warfare

Love the narrator

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Great story and the best performance - look forward to next book soon I hope xxx

Kit and Amos

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I enjoyed the history told in this book I enjoyed the characters I strongly recommend this book

Good story line

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Loyal to history and to the known twists that makes Follet feel like a satisfying journey.

Vintage Follet & Lee

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I just love the KINGSBRIDGE stories. The history, the human condition, the reality of the story. Ken Follett is an amazing storyteller, a Master Storyteller.

Wonderful

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I found the story a little too detailed regarding the battle. the rest was good. I found the narrator irritating and OTT. It was very off putting and detracted from the story. I hope I never have to listen to another book narrated by him.

good story poor narrator.

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Read all his books - must admit there was one I didn’t enjoy - but that was because I didn’t like the subject matter - “Never” I hope never see a woman President of the USA in my life time.

Ken Follett never disappoints

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Another great piece to add to his previous work. Really transports you back and easy to visualise the times👏

Always worth the read

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Concise historical analysis and vivid descriptions. I couldn’t stop listening to the story as it was written with great depth and clarity

Excellent work

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I found this to be a little boring and I preferred his other books .. it fell a little flat in my opinion

Disappointing

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