BOOK FIVE IN THE KINGSBRIDGE SERIES: The Kingsbridge series has sold 49 million copies worldwide. The first book in the series, The Pillars of the Earth, reached #1 on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah’s Book Club pick. Its sequels, World Without End and A Column of Fire, and prequel, The Evening and the Morning, have proved equally popular with all three hitting #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. The first three books in the Kingsbridge series have each sold more than one million copies in the US alone, with The Evening and the Morning joining them soon.  Fans will not want to miss a new audiobook in this epic series.

FRESH LOOK AT AN EXCITING TIME IN HISTORY: The Armor of Light takes place in England and Europe during the Industrial Revolution, spanning the introduction of the Spinning Jenny to Napoleon’s rise and fall at the battle of Waterloo. With this intimate look into an age of rapid industrialization and upheaval, we’re given a new on-the-ground perspective of the great conflict and social unrest that characterized this era.

ADDICTIVE, PAGE-TURNING NARRATIVE: Follett has delivered yet another masterpiece full of charismatic heroes and heroines, depraved villians, rich and complex plots, new settings, and meticulously researched historical details. Listeners will not be able to put down this blockbuster novel.

CROSS PROMOTION: Simultaneous publication with the Viking hardcover. Also available as a digital download from Penguin Audio. 

Ken Follett is one of the world’s best-loved authors, selling more than 188 million copies of his thirty-six books. Follett’s first bestseller was Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War. In 1989, The Pillars of the Earth was published and has since become Follett’s most popular novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah’s Book Club pick. Its sequels, World Without End and A Column of Fire, and prequel The Evening and the Morning, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold more than fifty million copies worldwide. Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife, Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors.

Author Residence: Hertfordshire, England

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Praise for The Armor of Light

“Ken Follett a master storyteller…His works of historical fiction have made him a legend…Follett’s latest marks the end of a storytelling journey that spans a thousand years. The Armor of Light is also the final entry in his Kingsbridge series.”
—Jeff Glor, CBS

“We can’t stop turning the pages…it is Follett’s generosity and adeptness with historical detail and nimble depictions of technical matters that set this book, like its predecessors, above mere historical melodrama.”
—The Washington Post

“A treat for fans of historical fiction.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“This epic canvas holds a mélange of relationships which all work out exactly as they should while Follett brings Kingsbridge up to the Regency era.”
—Booklist

“An impressive and immersive epic.”
—Publisher’s Weekly