Lie Down with Lions

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Penguin, Dec 2, 2003 - Fiction - 384 pages
"Vintage Follett . . . This is his most ambitious novel and it succeeds admirably." —USA Today

Ellis, the American. Jean-Pierre, the Frenchman. They were two men on opposite sides of the Cold War, with a woman torn between them. Together, they formed a triangle of passion and deception, racing from terrorist bombs in Paris to the violence and intrigue of Afghanistan—to the moment of truth and deadly decision for all of them. . . .
 

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Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
29
Section 3
39
Section 4
61
Section 5
77
Section 6
91
Section 7
104
Section 8
126
Section 11
172
Section 12
181
Section 13
201
Section 14
212
Section 15
226
Section 16
238
Section 17
255
Section 18
271

Section 9
138
Section 10
155
Section 19
301
Section 20
305

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About the author (2003)

Ken Follett is one of the world’s best-loved authors, selling more than 160 million copies of his thirty books. Follett’s first bestseller was Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War. 

In 1989 The Pillars of the Earth was published, and has since become the author’s most successful novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah’s Book Club pick.
 
Its sequels, World Without End and A Column of Fire, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold 38 million copies worldwide.
 
Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors. 

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