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.
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