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The armor of light / Ken Follett.
The long-awaited sequel to A Column of Fire, The Armor of Light, heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge, England, where progress clashes with tradition, class struggles push into every part of society, and war in Europe engulfs the entire continent and beyond. The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1770, and with that, a new era of manufacturing and industry changed lives everywhere within a generation. A world filled with unrest wrestles for control over this new world order: A mother's husband is killed in a work accident due to negligence; a young woman fights to fund her school for impoverished children; a well-intentioned young man unexpectedly inherits a failing business; one man ruthlessly protects his wealth no matter the cost, all the while war cries are heard from France, as Napoleon sets forth a violent master plan to become emperor of the world. As institutions are challenged and toppled in unprecedented fashion, ripples of change ricochet through our characters' lives as they are left to reckon with the future and a world they must rebuild from the ashes of war. Over thirty years ago, Ken Follett published his most popular novel, The Pillars of the Earth. Now, with this electrifying addition to the Kingsbridge series we are plunged into the battlefield between compassion and greed, love and hate, progress and tradition. It is through each character that we are given a new perspective to the seismic shifts that shook the world in nineteenth-century Europe.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525954996
- ISBN: 9780525954996(hardcover)
- Physical Description: 737 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York : Viking, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
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- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 5 / 5.0
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| Subject: | Great Britain > History > 18th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
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| Allard Branch | FIC FOL (Text) | 37842000835951 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| 100 Mile House Branch | FOL (Text) | 33923006612588 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Alert Bay Public Library | AF FOL (Text) | 35125000147722 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Altona Library | F Fol v.4 (Text) | 35864002911947 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Arborg Branch | FIC FOL (Text) | 36430001417770 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Beaver Valley Public Library | F FOL (Text) | 35144000259429 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Bibliotheque St. Claude Library | FIC FOL (Text) | 36725000187716 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Bibliothèque Ste-Anne Library | FIC FOL (Text) | 31511010027109 | English Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Boissevain-Morton Library | F/Follett Kingsbridge Bk 5 (Text) | 36266000340104 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Bowen Island Public Library | F FOL (Text) | 30947900106697 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
