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I really enjoy Follett's historical fiction and he is a great storyteller. It is a fun way to learn a lot of factual history. I would rate most of his books at a 4 - 5 star, although he has had a couple of duds. He also has a tremendous amount of diversity in the story lines Not a formula author. A Place Called Freedom is definitely equal to his other great stories.
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The novel depicts a pre-Victorian era where white slavery was common in the Motherland as well as across the ocean in the Colonies. It trumpets the story of a self-assured and thinking slave, righteous, honest and outspoken in his ways against the laird—a Scottish landowner—without the fear of being persecuted. His opponent, the son of the laird, brought up in a silver-spooned but corrupt society, yet himself financially broke—thanks to his father—marries a woman of substance based on deceptions and lies. The slave and the son of the laird have nothing in common but the woman. A PLACE CALLED FREEDOM (1996), began very strongly, and rather interestingly, in Scotland and continued on with the same strength and intensity throughout the book, to London and finally to the Virginia Colony. The final climax I was looking for was not there. The end was predictable and weak. However, it is worth reading due to its educational value and the ways of life in those days.Read full review
I think it is one of Ken Follett's better books. His sense of time and place transport the reader into another world. The characters are three dimensional and easily related to because they have their faults and frailties just like the rest of us. I enjoy his writing style and I marvel at the number of characters he handles with dexterity. I am also a writer and I appreciate the hard work that goes into such a novel. I really don't have any negative comments to make about this very enjoyable novel. It is an excellent example of historical fiction. The "blurb" on the back cover describes it perfectly: "From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power and to the bedrooms of the mighty, this book takes us into the entangled fates of five families--and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again." (I shortened this description a little bit.)Read full review
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Ken Follett hits a home run every time. Great fully drawn characters engaged in swift drama. Engaging book
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Not as.good as his other books. Boring content.
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