--- product_id: 10823183 title: "Freedom at Midnight 9/15/11 Edition" brand: "dominique lapierrelarry collins" price: "SAR 179" currency: SAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 category: "Books" url: https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/10823183-freedom-at-midnight-9-15-11-edition store_origin: SA region: Saudi Arabia --- # Freedom at Midnight 9/15/11 Edition **Brand:** dominique lapierrelarry collins **Price:** SAR 179 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Freedom at Midnight 9/15/11 Edition by dominique lapierrelarry collins - **How much does it cost?** SAR 179 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.sa](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/10823183-freedom-at-midnight-9-15-11-edition) ## Best For - dominique lapierrelarry collins enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted dominique lapierrelarry collins brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Review 'Magnificently enlightening and exciting.' -- National Observer, Washington'The song of India...illuminated like scenes in a pageant.' -- Time Magazine, New York'Thrilling...staggers the imagination.' --Daily Mail Read more About the Author Dominique Lapierre enjoy worldwide fame as the author of several best-selling books on modern history, including Freedom at Midnight, and Is Paris Burning? Dominique began life as a journalist, working with Paris Match, a magazine that brought out well-researched, in-depth articles. He met Larry Collins, an American journalist, in Paris and in tandem they jointly authored books for over twenty years. A Thousand Suns, a collection of stories written by Dominique Lapierre, bears the stamp of the essence of their writings: the quality of not making judgements but bearing witness to events. A large portion of their acclaim is undoubtedly due to the unprejudiced stance adopted in their works. Having rechristened Kolkata as the City of Joy in his path-breaking book by the same name, Dominique Lapierre, after a meeting with Mother Teresa in 1981, set up the City of Joy Foundation with the royalties from his book s earnings. Providing education for Kolkata s slum children, and funding Udayan, a centre for children from leper colonies, became a mission for the author. Aided by his wife, coincidently also named Dominique, Lapierre s humanitarian projects are widespread in rural Bengal and the Sunderbans. Post Five Past Midnight in Bhopal, he built a clinic in Bhopal. In the past twenty-five years, Lapierre has rescued over ten thousand handicapped and leprosy-suffering children; cured four million TB patients; provided over five hundred tubewells of drinking water to villages, launched four hospital boats in the Ganges delta to take medical supplies to the isolated populations of 34 islands. For his writings and philanthropic work, Lapierre has been decorated with the Legion of Honour of France, the Rainbow Peace award of the UN, the Grand Cross of Social Solidarity of Spain, the Medal of Honour of the Chamber of Depties of Italy, and twice the US Christopher International Award whose motto is: Rather light a candle than curse the darkness . Read more ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐ Terrific Content, TERRIBLE Kindle Edition *by J***G on June 25, 2017* How to review this book? I'm only a quarter of the way through and I love the engaging prose and the pacing of the story that Collins and LaPierre tell, but the Kindle version (purchased as of June 2017) is literally the worst I have ever purchased on Amazon and that is what brings me to this review. Nearly every single paragraph has a misspelling or punctuation error. If it were only one mistake per page I might be able to keep reading, but when it is almost every single paragraph it becomes so distracting as to become an actual hindrance to the book itself. You'll frequently come across a strange word and wonder if you're looking at some archaic English term, a transliteration from Hindi or Tamil, or yet another sloppy misspelling. It gets old. Real fast. I'm going to request a refund on the Kindle edition and will update this review once I receive a hard copy. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fascinating, and gut-wrenching chronicle of a birth of two nations *by O***N on August 30, 2017* This book is a fascinating and deeply moving account of one of the seminal events in world history, the emergence of India and Pakistan as sovereign nations. Collins and LaPierre, in their infinitely researched, nuanced account of the independence of the Indian subcontinent, relate their story in prose that approaches the lyrical rhythm of poetry. Some may take issue with the point of view of the account, insisting that it is written primarily from the British line of sight, but regardless of any bias, it so beautifully and successfully relates the stories of those in the highest seats of power and the impact of their often wrenching decisions on the common person.I have always held that in order for history to teach us, it must be delivered in a form that seduces us into understanding it. By developing the characters whom most of us already know - Gandhi, Nehru, Mountbatten, Jinnah, Churchill - we find ourselves in the venues of the account as quiet observers as the die is cast to deliver India to its destiny. The book underscores the power of language, with excerpts from the inimitable speeches delivered extemporaneously by Nehru, in quick succession, upon the birth of the nation, and ultimately the death of its father.It is also a cautionary tale for the present, by showing so clearly how false distinctions between people, riven by such things as religion, wealth, and power, can so readily cause diverse communities living in harmony for centuries to shatter the peacefulness of their coexistence and turn on each other in abhorrent communal violence at a moment's notice, leaving us stunned and questioning our humanity. Perhaps this understanding can encourage us not to repeat this insanity.A marvelous book - highly recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bad Digitization. *by K***R on January 17, 2018* This is a wonderfully researched and written work. However the appalling number or wrong words generated in the digitization process do great injustice to the authors' hard work. I read many ebooks but have never come across so many "typos". ## Frequently Bought Together - Freedom At Midnight (2018) - Discovery of India - The Story of My Experiments With Truth --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/10823183-freedom-at-midnight-9-15-11-edition](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/10823183-freedom-at-midnight-9-15-11-edition) --- *Product available on Desertcart Saudi Arabia* *Store origin: SA* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*