Book Review Round Up: The Armour of Light (2023), The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)

The Armour of Light (Kingsbridge, #4) by Ken Follett

I liked this more than A Column of Fire, but I don’t think it’s quite as epic (for me anyways) as The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. I loved the focus on Kingsbridge and seeing how it’s developing over the centuries. I enjoyed all the references to the previous books that are mentioned in throwaway lines. Some of the history was really illuminating – I had never heard of ‘press gangs’ before and I’m not surprised, but defin...