The Armour of Light

A Kingsbridge Novel

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: John Lee

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.

'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

'The plague scenes are expertly handled. Where Follett excels is in telling a yarn' - Independent

More than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. The international no.1 bestselling phenomenon returns.

Critic reviews

Follett’s storytelling skills make their adventures riveting

Deploying a substantial cast of characters, Follett unrolls a familiar history of religious and political ferment and turns it into accessible and enjoyable fiction

This triumphant saga, begun almost thirty years ago with The Pillars Of The Earth, moves across England to Scotland, France and the New World

A sumptuous slice of swashbuckling Elizabethan romance

The characters, both fictional and real, are fascinating, and the Tudor period setting holds its own special allure. This is a novel that fans of historical fiction will savour and cherish

A huge read, perfect for long winter nights

You won’t be able to put it down

Enormous and brilliant . . . this mammoth tale seems to touch all human emotion – love and hate, loyalty and treachery, hope and despair. This is truly a novel to get lost in

A thundering ride through history

Follett has once more lit the touch paper of English history and allowed it to explode across the pages in in all its vivid technicolour

Love the narrator

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

Kit and Amos

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

Good story line

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

Vintage Follet & Lee

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

Wonderful

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.