
The Armour of Light
Kingsbridge, Book 4
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Narrated by:
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John Lee
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By:
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Ken Follett
About this listen
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.
Critic reviews
'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
Also, Follet has fallen into the trap of writing historical fiction through the prism of 21st century preoccupations. He doesn’t seem to have made much effort to grasp the tenets of 18th/19th century Methodism for example, a movement which set great store by the idea of personal holiness. It seems highly unlikely that many Methodists of the time would have turned a blind eye to quite so much adultery and homosexuality, for example! I much prefer it when authors give their characters opinions plausible by the standards of the time.
Decent yarn, not up to the earlier novels.
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Excellent performance. Story weaker than expected
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As always, a great listen
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Its saving grace is that it's quite lengthy so you can fall asleep and not miss much.
Not terrible, one to buy if you want an unexciting time killer.
Nothing like as good as it's predecessors
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Fantastic!
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An engaging historic saga.
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Continuing a great series
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Villains, unrequited love, lowly peasants elevated, good old Follet Opera
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great continuation with good historical content
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Thee whole series is fantastic.
Wonderful storyline
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