The Freedom Trap

The Freedom Trap
Cover of first hardcover edition
AuthorDesmond Bagley
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller Novel
PublisherCollins
Publication date
1971
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages246 pgs
ISBN1-84232-050-5
OCLC59567002
Preceded byRunning Blind 
Followed byThe Tightrope Men 

The Freedom Trap is a novel written by English author Desmond Bagley, and was first published in 1971 with a cover by Norman Weaver. It was loosely based on the escape of George Blake from prison five years before. In 1973 it was made into a film entitled The Mackintosh Man, starring Paul Newman.