A Place Called Freedom [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Follett, Ken

Published by Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1995

About this Item

As new condition beige boards, red cloth spine and black spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Ken Follett; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote and Acknowledgments. Illustrated with front and rear endpaper maps. "Ken Follett's thrilling new novel recaptures a forgotten moment in America's history. It begins in the infernal coal mines of the Jamisson family, in the Scottish highlands, where twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh spends most of his waking hours. Bound to his employer for life, and threatened always by firedamp, the explosive gas that may ignite at any moment and bury him, Mack burns with the desire to escape. He finds an unlikely ally in Lizzie Hallim, the beautiful, willful young aristocratic woman who yearns to get away from her own kind of hell. Mack's hunger for freedom brings him into conflict again and again with the harsh rulers of eighteenth-century Britain. Accused of riot - a capital crime - Mack becomes one of thousands of convicts who are shipped to the American colonies, to work as slaves for seven long years. A story of adventure and passion, A Place Called Freedom mirrors the intimate desires of the individual heart with the dramatic events of a world in ferment. London trembles on the edge of chaos; the American colonies prepare to defy the British monarchy; a young woman bursts the bonds of a loveless marriage; and a proud man risks everything to grasp at a tantalizing dream of liberty. With its vivid, fascinating portrayal of the colorful streets of London and the endless landscapes of the New World, plus an unforgettable cast of heroes and villains, lovers and rebels, hypocrites and hell-raisers and whores, A Place Called Freedom is a magnificent epic of love, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Place Called Freedom [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
• Publisher: Crown Publishers, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1995
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Santora, Robert (jacket design); Raboy, Mark (author photograph)
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New