9781447278856
Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge in the 18th century, with an epic tale of revolution and a cast of unforgettable characters!
A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to power, and with descent 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 Kingsbridge prosperous cloth mills a misery.
Rampant modernisation and dangerous new machinery are rendering jobs, obsolete and tearing families apart.
Tyranny is on the horizon.
Now, as international conflict near, a story of a small group of Kingsbridge people - Including spinner Sal Clitheroe, weaver David Shovellor 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….