Revolution is in the air 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 Frances neighbours are on high alert. Kingsbridge is on the edge Unprecedented industrial change sweeps the land making the lives of the workers in Kingbridges 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 Sals 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 . . .
