My first books by Follett were pillars of the earth. I still have them! Since then I've read most of his Wonderful books! Now I've been listening to them as well. Ty for these! I hope my grandkids will read them and not just throw them away when I pass on!
I read pillars while the poem was out for days during hurricane Ike. World, the prequel I read a few years later. Showtime I think it was did a mini series on both that was good.
Follett is my favorite author! My first book was Hammer of Eden, and I was hooked. Dyslexia has kept me from being an avid reader,(doing most of my reading to researching various subjects,)and now health and age has made it even harder to be able to read, so these are a treasure to me to listen. I've read more of Follett's books than Stephen King or Anne Rice, so that's saying something. Hahaha. I want to consume all of his books!
Love Ken Follett. Am so happy to find him after 50 years . Look forward to many hours of happy listening. Thank you for the availability of his books on Audio. Thank you Ken Follett for the pleasure of reading you.
I read Pillars of the Earth, not once, but twice! Loved every page of it! I’m looking forward to listening to listening to A Place Called Freedom as I sit in my recliner, cuppa at my elbow and knitting my newest project. Ken Follett can capture my imagination quite nicely. 💕🧶💕
@@sharonsloan I just downloaded “World Without End” from my local library. Planning on starting it later today. Thanks for info! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, 🦃
My first Follett was Key to Rebecca, a spy thriller. Several thrillers later, Pillars of the earth was a 180 turn, but just as much of a fascination. A good writer, is a good writer, no matter the subject.
Great plot! Great narrator! This is not your run of the mill plot - really hooks you in. Well done! I'll have to read more Ken Follett. Excellent book!
Thank you, I really enjoyed this audiobook! Haven't listened to an audiobook in yrs, nor have I read any Ken Follett for yrs. Thoroughly enjoyed this, and will listen to more.
I concur! I haven't even finished this book and it's one of the greatest stories and I love the depth of the characters. That's the mark of a good book - it feels very real.
Is there something playing under this book? It sounds almost like when a radio station isn’t coming in perfectly and another station is sort of seeping in underneath. I was listening with really good earbuds on high volume as I was doing housework, that’s when I heard it. Weird.
Remember, in context, the verse in “All things Bright and Beautiful” The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, The Lord made high and lowly And ordered their estate.”
@@alysononoahu8702 especially before the law; would OJ, or DJT have been happy with a public defender? Everyone gets equal healthcare? Everyone in America equal; not in that Plutocracy they aren’t.
@@alysononoahu8702 A lovely thought, Alyson. If only....😢. Oahu : isn't that part of Hawai'i ? That's another lovely thought .☺️. Thank you.☺️🦉. 🇬🇧💕🇺🇸🌴🌈☺️🌿
Greatly respect and enjoy Follet's books, but this has inexplicable plot flaws and characters behave oddly at times. For example, when Jay and Lennox are seeking Cash, during the strike and they know that Cora is his woman, they despair of not knowing his lodgings or which of several coffee houses he will appear at every morning and Cora's loyalty means she'll not be persuaded to tell, but they can probably pay off the kid, Quick Peg, to reveal his whereabouts. Yet the obvious way to locate him would be to go to Cora's place, no secret.
I know realise that this audio book is not complete. I cannot find any continuation and the rest of what must be the complete story. I hate it when this is done. I feel totally cheeted. It would make me not want to buy or listen to this author again.
What an abrupt ending. It seems there should be more to this than getting Macs address. That is where this audio finished. In Mid Air. What a dissapointment. If this is the quality of Ken Folletts audio book you can keep it.
Appreciate your request, hope they change the settings and reupload this book. I always appreciate captions for cultural information and to expand my language skills. Hope the audiobook uploaders and youtube makes access mandatory.
Check out other platforms that do comply with accessibility and also that have descriptive captioning to explain accents which otherwise aren't included to people with sound barriers and character building such as sound inflections dealing with emotional behavior. I have also found that the captioning is based on high-end streaming only and lacks many of the actual words that are part of the original books, some are missing whole chapters while others cut out, or repeat paragraphs. Good luck!
Beware: this is nothing more than a bodice-ripping dime novel masquerading as historical fiction. If you are more of a discriminating reader then you may want to give this book a pass. I already suspected that this author was rubbish when I read _Pillars of the Earth_ several years ago and found the character development lacking, the plot implausible, the research incomplete and the prose subpar, but I decided to give him another attempt because of the setting of this book. Let's just say that he didn't subvert my expectations. This book includes all of the insipid tropes polluting the romance genre, complete with a highly-sexed Mary-Sue heroine (whom everyone seems to desire), a love triangle, several damsel-in-distress plot points and gratuitous sex scenes that glorify sexual objectification, infidelity and incest. This book was inappropriately advertised as a historical fiction but it should be marketed as a historical romance because it caters to an entirely different reader demographic. Anyway, thought I'd give a heads up for those who wouldn't want to invest their time in this sort of book. Cheers.
Wow Pillars of the Earth is my all time favorite read. Ken Follett has to be one of best story tellers of the 21st century. The novel Pillars of the Earth also sold millions. And Oprah Winfrey pleaded with her viewers to read the book, claiming it was the best book she had ever read. Every person I know who has read the book, claims the same thing. You are the only person to not like the book. I'm truly stunned. Also, A Place Called Freedom is another Ken Follett hit...as usual.
corrine, From the prospective of a person expecting Historical significance, I imagine that regardless of quality of writing or tale, the book would be disappointing if it were not accurate. I believe that was his point.
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David Marker Snr. David not everything is negative, in fact if you check the uploader's channel you will find most every book the author has written there. The uploader's has reached legendary status in my mind!
Firstly, this reader is awful! Please don't affect female voices and foreign accents... just read the damn book. Secondly, this reads like a bad romance novel, "Lizzy had been a little minx ..." and, "She wished Mac would kiss her...now!" Yuck! 😝
Ken Follett is a commercial writer - the stuff to take with you on long flights and leave on the plane coming back, even if you have not finished it. You are in error about the narrator. Sean Barrett could read the tax code and it would be ear candy. He IS excellent. Has recorded many books, ALL excellently. Get your ears cleaned out!
Well don’t listen to it or read it. You have the option. It’s free and entertaining. I’m grateful for what I get. You seem to be something of a curmudgeon.
My first books by Follett were pillars of the earth. I still have them! Since then I've read most of his Wonderful books! Now I've been listening to them as well. Ty for these! I hope my grandkids will read them and not just throw them away when I pass on!
I read pillars while the poem was out for days during hurricane Ike. World, the prequel I read a few years later. Showtime I think it was did a mini series on both that was good.
They were my first too !!!
How sad for your grandchildren if your fear comes true. Teach them now about the values and delights of novels if yore.
Follett is my favorite author! My first book was Hammer of Eden, and I was hooked. Dyslexia has kept me from being an avid reader,(doing most of my reading to researching various subjects,)and now health and age has made it even harder to be able to read, so these are a treasure to me to listen. I've read more of Follett's books than Stephen King or Anne Rice, so that's saying something. Hahaha. I want to consume all of his books!
Love Ken Follett. Am so happy to find him after 50 years . Look forward to many hours of happy listening. Thank you for the availability of his books on Audio. Thank you Ken Follett for the pleasure of reading you.
I read Pillars of the Earth, not once, but twice! Loved every page of it! I’m looking forward to listening to listening to A Place Called Freedom as I sit in my recliner, cuppa at my elbow and knitting my newest project. Ken Follett can capture my imagination quite nicely. 💕🧶💕
Read World without end, it's set around 200 years after Pillars of Earth.
@@sharonsloan I just downloaded “World Without End” from my local library. Planning on starting it later today. Thanks for info! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, 🦃
There's also a prequel to pillars of the earth.
Put this fantastic book on so I could get back to sleep, no way, hooked!
Great historically accurate fiction, well written /exciting plot....brillliant reader Sean Barrett makes the story come alive
My first Follett was Key to Rebecca, a spy thriller. Several thrillers later, Pillars of the earth was a 180 turn, but just as much of a fascination. A good writer, is a good writer, no matter the subject.
I flicked onto this when I had trouble sleeping. It was so good that it did not help.
I understand 😊
Same for me!😂
Try the very effective
recordings by
Michael Sealey :
Self Hypnosis.
Most helpful.🦉
🇬🇧🦉☺️🌈🌿🦉
Same here 😉
WTF is there a picture of a frigate on this book cover’s art/thumbnail, if it’s about a fkg coal mine, fffs????
Great plot! Great narrator! This is not your run of the mill plot - really hooks you in. Well done! I'll have to read more Ken Follett. Excellent book!
Eye of the needle
Pillars of the Earth
@@MrRp25 Thank you!
Ive read several of his books. Never disappoints.
Brilliant story over 12 hours of tape. Just wanted to keep listening as the story twisted and turned. Thank you
12 hrs? Only 6 hrs n no proper ending!!
@@jakhan4203part 2 is there - same channel. Lots of Ken Follett
First time reader of Ken Follett. What a blessing, im so ensconced with the narrator the1700s are inside every cell of my body right now. Thank you.
Absolutely brilliant naration.❤❤
Thank you, I really enjoyed this audiobook! Haven't listened to an audiobook in yrs, nor have I read any Ken Follett for yrs.
Thoroughly enjoyed this, and will listen to more.
If you like audiobooks can I recommend Peter Whalley books there about an hour long and easy listening. Happy listening
I loved this story and the very nice manner in which it is narrated. Well done. This was time well spent🙂❤
Thank you, Doan Phan! Lovely reading by Sean Barrett.
Seriously though half the Ken books on this Channel are Missing chapters and in at least 3 csses the last part!!!
What a great story, and excellent narration.
I concur! I haven't even finished this book and it's one of the greatest stories and I love the depth of the characters. That's the mark of a good book - it feels very real.
...Every book by Ken Follett is a masterpiece ..
Amen! He covers a very wide range of times and topics. A true maestro of his craft.
You can't beat this familiar voice - the wonderful narrator Sean Barrett.
Yes he’s fantastic, very talented.
Ken Follett is my favorite author! I haven't been able to read some of these. I'm going to really enjoy this!
Thank you for the introducing me to this s book , it is wonderful.
Great book. Great reader.
I LOVED this book!
Wonderful book! Like a mixture of Wuthering Heights and Oliver Twist.
The first people executed for striking were 2 Irish coal haulers hung in Shakespeare's day.
This is beautiful
The audiobook went for 6 hours and 40 minutes then stopped. Now I'm left hanging.
I am lucky i have the book ,
Is there something playing under this book? It sounds almost like when a radio station isn’t coming in perfectly and another station is sort of seeping in underneath. I was listening with really good earbuds on high volume as I was doing housework, that’s when I heard it. Weird.
Part two is available on the uploaders you tube channel. Click his name....
Tina Willis you are kind to explain that concept to the cat lady, most people would have left a negative comment.
@@nathankox190 Thank you for the kind feedback. I see you understand as I do, that Kindmess can spread just as fast and even easier than negativity!
Thank you.
Ken Follett is a master.
great reading!
Part one of how many parts and can I find them all? Hate books in parts. Not necessary to do that either
Remember, in context, the verse in “All things Bright and Beautiful”
The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
The Lord made high and lowly
And ordered their estate.”
🇺🇸Not in America 🇺🇸All are EQUAL
@@alysononoahu8702 especially before the law; would OJ, or DJT have been happy with a public defender?
Everyone gets equal healthcare?
Everyone in America equal; not in that Plutocracy they aren’t.
@@alysononoahu8702
A lovely thought,
Alyson.
If only....😢.
Oahu : isn't that part
of Hawai'i ?
That's another
lovely thought .☺️.
Thank you.☺️🦉.
🇬🇧💕🇺🇸🌴🌈☺️🌿
a great stotry thanks too my partner
Thank you so very much..............
I like it
Not sure if the last chapter is missing????
Not the complete book, ends halfway through a chapter.
Greatly respect and enjoy Follet's books, but this has inexplicable plot flaws and characters behave oddly at times. For example, when Jay and Lennox are seeking Cash, during the strike and they know that Cora is his woman, they despair of not knowing his lodgings or which of several coffee houses he will appear at every morning and Cora's loyalty means she'll not be persuaded to tell, but they can probably pay off the kid, Quick Peg, to reveal his whereabouts. Yet the obvious way to locate him would be to go to Cora's place, no secret.
Ho! For heavens sake….
Sean Barrett's the boss.
🔥
Really enjoyed this but was a little taken back by the abrupt ending.
Spoiler alert
3:26:40. Damn! My bodice appears to have become ripped. Swoon!
4:30:ish. I am put in mind of that other London author Dick Ins.
The book ends abruptly at 6 hours. Is there a part 2 ?
Yes
What happened to the ending?????? It cuts offat 6.20Ugh!!
The remaining part of the book?
Part two is available on the uploaders you tube channel. Click his name....
Where is the 2nd half of this story?
👍👍👍
Why so many CHRISTIAN hymns about the dream of FREEDOM...
WONDER NO MORE AMERICA
Where is Pt. 2? Have I missed something?
Did it end with Mac wishing that Cora would be in the bed when he got home?
I know realise that this audio book is not complete. I cannot find any continuation and the rest of what must be the complete story.
I hate it when this is done. I feel totally cheeted. It would make me not want to buy or listen to this author again.
Can't you even show the correct title? It's "A Place Called Freedom."
It's in case UA-cam cancel it
All voices were done very well , but the one voice that was messed up was the voice of the leading man Mac , how sad ...
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What an abrupt ending. It seems there should be more to this than getting Macs address. That is where this audio finished. In Mid Air. What a dissapointment. If this is the quality of Ken Folletts audio book you can keep it.
There is more. It's an amazing book. All his books are fantastic. Honestly.
Where's the ending?????????
Where is part two?
Click on the uploader’s name, they’re all there.
This channel never has the complete book!
Brilliant book, however, I couldn't help but imagine Kora as Sir Michael Caine........lost a bit of the sensuality.
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Thais is quality compares to the crap on here 😮
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p[ease ][ease make subtiteles for us deaf people my friends explain the story but its hard
Appreciate your request, hope they change the settings and reupload this book. I always appreciate captions for cultural information and to expand my language skills. Hope the audiobook uploaders and youtube makes access mandatory.
Just read the book!
Check out other platforms that do comply with accessibility and also that have descriptive captioning to explain accents which otherwise aren't included to people with sound barriers and character building such as sound inflections dealing with emotional behavior. I have also found that the captioning is based on high-end streaming only and lacks many of the actual words that are part of the original books, some are missing whole chapters while others cut out, or repeat paragraphs. Good luck!
UA-cam gives you subtitles just go to the little circle on the right hand side.
The Romantic side makes me puke
Loved your comment. It helped me decide to skip this one
Oh dear. Never mind.
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A synopsis anyone???
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Beware: this is nothing more than a bodice-ripping dime novel masquerading as historical fiction. If you are more of a discriminating reader then you may want to give this book a pass.
I already suspected that this author was rubbish when I read _Pillars of the Earth_ several years ago and found the character development lacking, the plot implausible, the research incomplete and the prose subpar, but I decided to give him another attempt because of the setting of this book. Let's just say that he didn't subvert my expectations. This book includes all of the insipid tropes polluting the romance genre, complete with a highly-sexed Mary-Sue heroine (whom everyone seems to desire), a love triangle, several damsel-in-distress plot points and gratuitous sex scenes that glorify sexual objectification, infidelity and incest. This book was inappropriately advertised as a historical fiction but it should be marketed as a historical romance because it caters to an entirely different reader demographic.
Anyway, thought I'd give a heads up for those who wouldn't want to invest their time in this sort of book. Cheers.
Wow Pillars of the Earth is my all time favorite read. Ken Follett has to be one of best story tellers of the 21st century. The novel Pillars of the Earth also sold millions. And Oprah Winfrey pleaded with her viewers to read the book, claiming it was the best book she had ever read. Every person I know who has read the book, claims the same thing. You are the only person to not like the book. I'm truly stunned. Also, A Place Called Freedom is another Ken Follett hit...as usual.
corrine, From the prospective of a person expecting Historical significance, I imagine that regardless of quality of writing or tale, the book would be disappointing if it were not accurate. I believe that was his point.
@@landofthelivingskies3318 I liked his earlier spy novels a lot.
Thanks
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It says P1, Part one? Will Part 2 follow soon, or is this a come on to get us to buy the book?
@@davidmarkersnr.1888 Part two is available on the uploaders you tube channel. Click his name....
David Marker Snr. David not everything is negative, in fact if you check the uploader's channel you will find most every book the author has written there. The uploader's has reached legendary status in my mind!
Thank you@@TinnyDee
David I hope I didn't sound to negative towards you, you have obviously found the channel & all the other audiobooks by Ken Follet.
Such a boring story 👎👎👎👎
Narrator is croaky
Appointed by GOD.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Firstly, this reader is awful! Please don't affect female voices and foreign accents... just read the damn book. Secondly, this reads like a bad romance novel, "Lizzy had been a little minx ..." and, "She wished Mac would kiss her...now!" Yuck! 😝
Ken Follett is a commercial writer - the stuff to take with you on long flights and leave on the plane coming back, even if you have not finished it.
You are in error about the narrator. Sean Barrett could read the tax code and it would be ear candy. He IS excellent. Has recorded many books, ALL excellently. Get your ears cleaned out!
Well don’t listen to it or read it. You have the option.
It’s free and entertaining. I’m grateful for what I get.
You seem to be something of a curmudgeon.
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