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Original Title:	Lie Down With Lions
ISBN:	0451210468 (ISBN13: 9780451210463)
Edition Language:	English

Lie Down with Lions Paperback | Pages: 332 pages

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Title	:	Lie Down with Lions
Author	:	Ken Follett
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 332 pages
Published	:	December 2nd 2003 by NAL (first published November 28th 1985)
Categories	:	Fiction. Thriller. Historical. Historical Fiction. Suspense

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I was expecting to enjoy this book a lot more! After all, this novel has been written by Ken Follett – the author of my favorite The Eye of the Needle. Unfortunately, I found the book to be pretty mediocre.

Anyway, the story revolves around the love triangle involving Jane, a spirited English woman; Ellis, an American spy; and Jean-Pierre, a French doctor-cum-Communist spy. The narrative starts in Paris where Ellis would bust a terrorist cell, and then move to Soviet occupied Afghanistan. Jean-Pierre would be spying on behalf of the Russians and obviously Ellis would turn up to broker a deal with the Afghan resistance on behalf of Uncle Sam.

There is some action and suspense. But, the story is full of plot holes. A lot of things didn’t make sense and Jane’s behavior did not fit with her nature. The narrative dragged quite a few times and the end was pretty abrupt.

The book did not feel like it was by the author who had written quite a few engrossing war/espionage thrillers.

In my humble opinion, this book is not worth your time. There are plenty of good war/espionage thrillers out there. I would rather recommend Ken Follett’s Eye of the Needle(features in Mystery Writers of America Top 100), The Key to Rebecca (Crime Writers' Association Top 100) and Jackdaws.

In case you are interested, you can check out the lists of top 100 mystery/thrillers by Mystery Writers of America and Crime Writer's Association (UK) here: link: link

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I bought this because it was the bestseller on NY TIMES list on the day I was born. I almost gave up right at the start because I didn't understand what the rest of the book would be about, but I braved on. I even come to enjoy it for a while, and thought that bestsellers might just be that because the authors are better than the rest. I came to page 246 before I hurled it into the wall (well, tore the marker out of the book and pushed it away). I forgave the multiple introduction of characters

Follett is like the little girl who, when she was good, was very, very good but when she was bad, she was horrid." Not that this book was totally horrid, just very formulaic, predictable and ended with an unbelievable stunt.The story takes place soon after the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. The protagonist, Ellis Thaler works for the CIA. Working undercover in Paris, he falls in love with a radical Englishwoman, Jane Lambert, whom he is using to identify terrorists. When Jane finds out she

In the Afghan mountains lies the Valley of Five Lions, a place of ancient legend. To it come two young aid workers and an American who has a message for the legendary guerrilla leader, Masud, who is wanted dead or alive by the Russians. Below, in the valley, a woman stumbles upon a terrifying treachery, leading to a chase across impassable mountains and a confrontation that echoes all our nightmares.

Another winner from ken follett, a great weaver of tales. The place is Afghanistan and its us vs Ruskis with lots of secrets and espionage and love of course.

I was expecting to enjoy this book a lot more! After all, this novel has been written by Ken Follett the author of my favorite The Eye of the Needle. Unfortunately, I found the book to be pretty mediocre.Anyway, the story revolves around the love triangle involving Jane, a spirited English woman; Ellis, an American spy; and Jean-Pierre, a French doctor-cum-Communist spy. The narrative starts in Paris where Ellis would bust a terrorist cell, and then move to Soviet occupied Afghanistan.



I was sadly, very disappointed with this one. If I'm being honest, I was kind of pissed off by it. I didn't buy the character of Jane, for a minute. She really turned me off of the story and angered me throughout, which ruined the whole book for me.