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Freedom is hard-won and easily lost – which makes it a good story, writes Ken Follett | Express Comment | Comment
[ad_1] Freedom is hard-won and easily lost, says Ken Follett (Image: Ken Follett) Freedom is an anomaly. Throughout the history of human civilisation, most people have lived under some kind of tyranny, with no vote and few if any rights. Even in today’s world, free people are in a minority. It’s hardly surprising. Those who…
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Never REVIEW: Ken Follett goes nuclear in new crime novel | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] Never imagines a series of global events nudging the world closer to a Third World War that few would survive. First, a conflict breaks out between the US-backed Chad and Chinese-supported Sudan in Central Africa, a region that has been arming Islamic extremists with Chinese-made weapons from North Korea. This puts the two global…