Barcelona/Vitoria (EFE).- Vitoria reappears in the fifth book of “The Pillars of the Earth”, by Ken Follet.
The Welsh writer will publish “The Armor of Light” simultaneously around the world on September 26.
It is the fifth volume of the saga “The Pillars of the Earth”, which has already accumulated 50 million copies sold, in which Vitoria appears again.
Follett has so far sold more than 188 million copies of his 36 books, which have been published in more than 80 countries and in 33 languages.
Vitoria, protagonist of the second novel in the saga
Follet presented in 2008 in Vitoria his book “A world without end”, the second part of “The pillars of the Earth”.
Vitoria dedicated a sculpture to him as a thank you for having been inspired for “A World Without End” by the restoration of the Gothic cathedral of Santa María.
Ken Follet observes his statue in Vitoria. EFE/David Aguilar
Now comes the fifth part, “The armor of light”, which will be published in Spain by Plaza & Janés.
It begins in the city of Kingsbridge in 1792 and follows in the wake of a group of families whose lives are going to suffer a decisive turn by the new age of machines.
Through them, he provides a new perspective on the seismic changes that shook Europe in the 19th century.
The conflicts and brutality of the Industrial Revolution will also be aggravated because, on the other side of the sea, Napoleon prepares a violent plan to become emperor of the world.
The battle of Vitoria, in the fifth book
The war, which will devour the continent for two decades, will take the fight, and with it the Kingsbridge Regiment under the Duke of Wellington, to Waterloo and also to the Spanish battlefields of Vitoria and Ciudad Rodrigo.
The Battle of Vitoria was fought on June 21, 1813 between the French troops that escorted José Bonaparte in his flight and a conglomerate of Spanish, British and Portuguese troops under the command of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington.
Today, in the central Plaza de la Virgen Blanca, a monument is erected in memory of the struggle.
“I am fascinated by how people have fought for freedom and have won,” Follett said, according to Plaza & Janés in a statement, adding: “The underlying theme of ‘The Armor of Light’ is the freedom of expression. EFE