Follett, Ken,
The armor of light / Ken Follett. - First United States edition. - 737 pages : map ; 25 cm. - The Kingsbridge novels ; [5] . - Follett, Ken. Kingsbridge series. .
"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." -- Book jacket.
9780525954996
2023005900
Mother-son relations--Fiction.
Mothers and sons--Fiction.
Social classes--Fiction.
Industrial revolution--Fiction.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--18th century--Fiction.
Great Britain--Historu--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Epic fiction.
PR6056.O45 / A76 2023
823/.914
The armor of light / Ken Follett. - First United States edition. - 737 pages : map ; 25 cm. - The Kingsbridge novels ; [5] . - Follett, Ken. Kingsbridge series. .
"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." -- Book jacket.
9780525954996
2023005900
Mother-son relations--Fiction.
Mothers and sons--Fiction.
Social classes--Fiction.
Industrial revolution--Fiction.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--18th century--Fiction.
Great Britain--Historu--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Epic fiction.
PR6056.O45 / A76 2023
823/.914