A Place Called Freedom -- Ken Follett

<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b> <p/> Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only ally: the beautiful, highborn Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell. Though separated by politics and position, these two restless young people are bound by their passionate search for a place called freedom. <p/> From the teeming streets of London to the infernal hold of a slave ship to a sprawling Virginia plantation, Ken Follett's turbulent, unforgettable novel of liberty and revolution brings together a vivid cast of heroes and villains, lovers and rebels, hypocrites and hell-raisers--all propelled by destiny toward an epic struggle that will change their lives forever.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Ken Follett<br><b>Publisher:</b> Ballantine Books<br><b>Published:</b> 06/30/1996<br><b>Pages:</b> 464<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.50lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.89h x 4.18w x 1.16d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780449225158<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Ken Follett </b>burst into the book world with <i>Eye of the Needle</i>, an award-winning thriller and international bestseller. After several more successful thrillers, he surprised everyone with <i>The Pillars of the Earth </i>and its long-awaited sequel, <i> World Without End</i>, a national and international bestseller. Follett's new, magnificent historical epic, the Century Trilogy, includes the bestselling <i>Fall of Giants</i