Weapon of Light
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Weapon of Light
New installment of the Kingsbridge saga takes readers back to thrilling tales
The Pillars of the Earth, Forever and Ever, The Pillar of Fire, and Evening and Morning, Ken Follett's four monumental historical bestsellers have reached millions of readers worldwide. While the latter work precedes this Kingesbridge saga in plot, the author's latest novel, The Armour of Light, continues the time line again, taking us back to the Napoleonic Wars and the Industrial Revolution.
The Armour of Light heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge in England, where progress clashes with tradition and class struggles reach into all parts of society, while in Europe the war is engulfing the continent and spreading further afield. In 1770, the spinning machine was invented and with it, within a generation, the lives of people everywhere changed.
An unprecedented industrial change is sweeping the globe, turning the lives of workers in Kingsbridge's thriving textile mills into misery. As a result of the proliferation of modernisation and the advent of new machines, jobs are becoming obsolete and redundant, families are breaking up. At this time, when international conflict is imminent, a group of Kingsbridge residents - including Sal Clithore's spinning wheel, weaver David Shoveller and Kit, Salina's resourceful and tenacious son -, who seek enlightenment in a generational struggle and fight for a future free of oppression.
A world in turmoil is struggling to cope with this new world order: A mother's husband loses his life in a work accident due to gross negligence; a young woman struggling to fund her school for poor children; a young man with good intentions unexpectedly inherits a failing business; one man ruthlessly protects his wealth, no matter what it costs.
Meanwhile, the war cry from France is growing louder as Napoleon begins to implement his violent plan to become master of the world. While the questioned social institutions are collapsing, the changes are also reflected in the lives of our characters, who have no choice but to reckon with the future and the world they must rebuild from the rubble of war.
The weapon of light, this stunning next installment in the Kingsbridge saga, throws us into the battlefield between compassion and greed, love and hate, progress and tradition, and we get a new perspective on the seismic changes through each character, that shook the world in nineteenth-century Europe.
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