A Place Called Freedom

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Yes, I suppose it was that good; however I also think that this could have easily been lengthened into a multi-part series some of Follett's other works. Would you consider the audio edition of A Place Called Freedom to be better than the print version? Born on June 5th, 1949 in Cardiff, Wales, the son of a tax inspector, Ken was educated at state schools and went on to graduate from University College, London, with an Honours degree in Philosophy – later to be made a Fellow of the College in 1995. The prologue, about finding an iron collar in a twentieth-century garden, is quite unusual and people often ask me if it’s true. It’s not. Many 18th century novels pretended to be real and the prologue uses the same literary device. It gives the reader a sense of how much time has elapsed since the historical period of the story. People who know me realise I couldn’t possibly have found a collar in a flower bed because I’ve never done any gardening in my life.

A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. because when I think of this book I think of my father, more then I think of Mac and Elizabeth. it will always be special to me more for that. Then he introduced me to Mac McAsh and I fell deeply in love. He is also from the mines and carries himself with a Moses-like presence, you know the part of the movie when he grabs the task-master's whip and saves the woman he does not yet know to be his mother. That is the feeling of who Mac is. That is the essence of Mac who never submitted to the life of servitude he was born into. He struggles for the right to live as a free man.I did like the story though, now have will try to make a point of it to read a book before I give it to them.

Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival. In London the novel places McAsh at the center of the discontent of 1768 which saw working people become dissatisfied with a higher cost of living and poor wages. McAsh had become the leader of a gang of coal heavers, one of many such gangs of men who had the job of physically unloading the coal barges when they came into the city. The discontent eventually led to riots and unrest across the city. [3] [4]The prologue explains when the owner moved into High Glen house he found an iron collar with an inscription from 1767. He uses it as a paperweight on his desk but often looks at it, wondering what story is behind it. This is the story of a Place Called Freedom by Ken Follet, an exciting story about the quest for freedom and happiness. This is the first book I have listened to that was read by Simon Prebble, but like all of Follett's other audio books, it was extremely well done. Pleasant voice with no egregious mispronunciations.