“I just scoured the past for exciting stories that showed ordinary people coping with the changing tides of history. The issue underlying ‘The Armor of Light’ is freedom of speech.”įollett’s historical novels, which also include “World Without End” and “A Column of Fire,” have sold more than 75 million copies worldwide. “I’m fascinated by how people have struggled for freedom - and won,” Follett said in a statement. The new book is set in the late 18th-early 19th centuries, the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and centers on the conflicts between Britain and France. 26, concluding an eight-volume series that began in 1989 with “The Pillars of the Earth” and spans 1,000 years.

Viking announced Wednesday that the British author’s “The Armor of Light” will be published Sept. Transport yourself to Medieval England as described by Ken Follett in his best-selling masterpiece novel, Pillars of the Earth.Ken Follett is ready to wrap up his epic fictional chronicle of Western civilization. Players must strike a balance between earning gold to fund their purchases and earning victory points. Getting early choices with a master builder costs gold, as does purchasing more capable craftsmen. Players are given three master builders each turn, each of which can do a variety of tasks, including recruiting more workers, buying or selling goods, or directly obtaining victory points. Your workers may also be used to produce gold, the currency of the game. What actions will you take on your path to victory? Will you seek an audience with the king perhaps, to get to the metal you need? Or should you avail yourself of the support of influential personalities? A brief stay in the monastery could be as beneficial to you as strong ties to your craftsmen. To play the game, first players must use workers to procure raw building materials, and then use craftsmen to refine the materials into victory points. Builders compete against each other to contribute the most to this cathedral's construction and, in so doing, score the most victory points. The construction of what is to be the greatest and most beautiful cathedral in England begins. The setting is England at the beginning of the 12th century.

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