The armor of light / Ken Follett.
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TextSeries: Follett, Ken. Kingsbridge series: Publisher: [New York] : Viking, 2023Edition: First United States editionDescription: 737 pages : map ; 25 cmContent type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780525954996Subject(s): 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 -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Epic fiction. DDC classification: 823/.914 LOC classification: PR6056.O45 | A76 2023Summary: "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.
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | FOLL (Browse shelf) | Available | 64620 |
"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.
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