The armour of light
Follett, Ken2023
Book
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, Frances neighbours are on high alert. Kingsbridge is on the edge Unprecedented 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 horizon. Now, as international conflict nears, a story of a small group of Kingsbridge people will come to define the struggle of a generation as they seek enlightenment and fight for a future free from oppression.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, Frances 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 modernisation 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 will come to define the struggle of a generation as they seek enlightenment and fight for a future free from oppression.
Main title:
The armour of light / Ken Follett.
Author:
Follett, Ken, authorFollett, Ken
Work:
Imprint:
London : Macmillan, 2023.Pan Macmillan, 2023.©2023.
Collation:
734 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Kingsbridge series ; 4.
Variant title:
Armor of light
Notes:
Maps on endpapers.
ISBN:
9781447278832 (hardback)9781447278832
Dewey class:
823.914823.92F
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
Historical fictionRevolutions -- FictionWorking class -- Great Britain -- FictionGay men -- FictionLabor unions -- Great Britain -- FictionFrance -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- FictionGreat Britain -- History -- 1789-1820 -- FictionEngland -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- FictionKingsbridge (Devon, England) -- FictionHistorical -- Adult fiction -- PrintHistorical fictionLGBTQ+Historical fiction
BRN:
1903820