(London: Hamish Hamilton, 1985) 0241116880. First edition. 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine; price-clipped laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (vi) + 263 + (i). Dustwrapper sunned on spine panel and adjacent margin of upper panel; some spotting to page edges, endpapers and reverse of dustwrapper; regular, light browning; bottom edge slightly rubbed. Very good condition. "The setting for Ken Follett's nail-bitingly dramatic new novel is Afghanistan. To Five Lions Valley come Jean-Pierre, a French doctor who yearns to emulate his father who fought so heroically for the Resistance against the Germans, and his young wife Jane, feminine and feminist, touchy and brave. Their self-imposed task is to bring medical aid and care to the rebel tribesmen fighting the Soviet invaders. Or is Jean-Pierre's plan quite as clear-cut as that? And for what purpose does he keep a secret radio? Then Ellis Thaler, seemingly a typical radical American with all the correct liberal views, comes to the valley. But his intentions are quite different. ... Lie Down With Lions is as topical as the latest news flash, as exciting as a fight to the death, and as nerve-racking as the final second before the dynamite explodes." .

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Ellis, the American. Jean-Pierre, the Frenchman. Two people on opposite sides of the cold war, with a woman torn between them. Together, they navigate a path of passion and deception, racing from terrorist bombs in Paris to the violence and intrigue of Afghanistan, to the moment of truth and the deadly decision that awaits.

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Bookseller: Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4797
Title: Lie Down with Lions
Author: Follett, Ken
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0241116880
ISBN 13: 9780241116883
Publisher: (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1985) 0241116880
Place of Publication: London
This edition first published: 1985
Keywords: Modern First Editions. Ken Follett Literature
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;

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