Kingsbridge Series by Ken Follett 5 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback

Titles in this Set:

1. A Column of Fire
2. World Without End
3. The Pillars of the Earth
   
4. The Evening and the Morning
5. The Armour of Light

Description:

A Column of Fire
Millions of readers have been enthralled by the saga that began in The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End; which now continues with Ken Follett's magnificent; gripping A Column of Fire.

World Without End
The saga that has enthralled millions of readers; The Kingsbridge Novels continue with World Without End. On the day after Halloween; in the year 1327; four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief; a bully; a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed.

The Pillars of the Earth
A spellbinding epic tale of ambition; anarchy; and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England; The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.

The Evening and the Morning
A Time of Conflict, It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. The king's grip on the country is fragile and chaos reigns. A young boat builder dreams of a better future after a devastating Viking raid shatters the life he hoped for. Lives Intertwined A Norman noblewoman follows her husband to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey has a vision of transforming his humble home into a centre of learning admired throughout Europe.

The Armour of Light
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.