{"product_id":"ken-follett-armour-of-light-historical-fiction-hardback-book-2026363622","title":"Ken Follett Armour of Light Historical Fiction Hardback Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eRevolution is in the air\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKingsbridge is on the edge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnprecedented 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTyranny is on the horizon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Follett's storytelling skills make their adventures riveting' - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An effortlessly engaging and entertaining read' - Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Bold in scale and meticulously researched' - The Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The plague scenes are expertly handled. Where Follett excels is in telling a yarn' - Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKen Follett was born in Cardiff, Wales. Barred from watching films and television by his parents, he developed an early interest in reading thanks to a local library. After studying philosophy at University College London, he became involved in centre-left politics, entering into journalism soon after. His first thriller, the wartime spy drama Eye of the Needle, became an international bestseller and has sold over 10 million copies. He then astonished everyone with his first historical novel, The Pillars of the Earth, the story of the building of a medieval cathedral, which went on to become one of the most beloved books of the twentieth century. One of the most popular authors in the world, his many books including the Kingsbridge series and the Century trilogy - a body of work which together chronicles over a thousand years of history - and his latest novel Never - which envisages how World War III could happen - have sold more than 188 million copies. A father and husband, Ken lives with his wife in England and enjoys travelling the world when he can.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ASDA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48339348226286,"sku":"STO-ITEM-2026-363622","price":21.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/0125\/9183\/files\/9781447278832_T1.jpg?v=1784745789","url":"https:\/\/mcgrocer.com\/products\/ken-follett-armour-of-light-historical-fiction-hardback-book-2026363622","provider":"McGrocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}