The Armor of Light
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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 reader 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.
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Troppo, troppissimo uguale agli altri volumi della serie. Ben scritto come sempre, ma la trama e i personaggi sanno di stantio e sono caratterizzati e stereotipati allo stesso modo degli altri libri e di altre opere recenti dello stesso autore. Senza contare che gli si saranno rotte le lettere del computer per scrivere “chiamato” (called?), pedanterie paternalistiche che appesantiscono inutilmente la lettura e servono esclusivamente all'autore a sentirsi dio in terra che parla ai quattro scemi che leggono il suo libro per imparare qualcosa sulla vita, dato che non ne sanno nulla.
Un po' deludente, ma forse sono io che mi sono aspettato troppo.
I liked Armour of Light almost as much as the first two Kingsbridge novels. This book made it clear to me that what I like most in Ken's writing is the daily events of the characters and the economic background, even if sometimes it has a flare of a soap opera.
I loved all the bits related to the Industrial Revolution and the beginning of automation process on the wool business, and its impact on its workers, their rights and subsequent revolt, exacerbated by the war.
Looking back, Pillars of the Earth should have been my first sign that what I liked was business, and I'm glad I eventually changed majors. This one is also a confirmation that I would love to study industrial management engineering. Give me all the machine descriptions Ken, I just can't get enough of them
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4 primary books5 released booksKingsbridge is a 5-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1961 with contributions by Ken Follett.
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