The Armour of Light is a historical fiction novel by Welsh author Ken Follett.
The Armour of Light takes place in the years 1792–1824 in Kingsbridge, the same fictional English town in The Pillars of the Earth.
Having suffered several difficult situations, Sal and her son Christopher (Kit), are forced to leave the village and set off for Kingsbridge, where she ends up working a Spinning jenny for Amos Barrowfield.
The novel then follows Clitheroe and Barrowfield through their professional career, love and family life, their involvement in and with civic organisations and government, with a backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars in continental Europe; the modernisation of Industry, Church and Labour market; climaxing around the Battle of Waterloo, ending in the 10 year period following Napoleon's defeat.
The Clitheroes The Riddicks Other villagers The Barrowfields The Box family The Northwoods The Latimers The Midwinters The Shovellers The Hornbeams Other townspeople of Kingsbridge '