A Place Called Freedom

Follett, Ken

ISBN 10: 0679445633 ISBN 13: 9780679445630

Verlag: Random House, 1995

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Rebelling against the unfair and hazardous conditions in the 1766 Scottish coal mines, young Mack McAsh attracts the attention of headstrong Lizzie Hallim. Simultaneous.

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A Place Called Freedom 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, Mack burns with an insatiable desire to escape.  

He finds an unlikely ally in Lizzie Hallim, the beautiful, willful young aristocratic woman who yearns for independence in a male-dominated society.

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 the thousands of convicts who are shipped to the American colonies, to work as slaves for seven long years.

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, h

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• Verlag: Random House
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679445633
• ISBN 13: 9780679445630
• Einband: Casete de audio