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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgements
Epigraph
 
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
TWELVE
THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN
 
EPILOGUE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Praise for Ken Follett and his bestselling novels
“Follett is a master.”—Time
 “An artist of compelling talents.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
 “Ken Follett can hold his own with the best.”
—The Indianapolis Star
 “Masterful. . . . Plot and counterplot, treachery, cunning, and killing . . . keep you on the edge every moment.”
—The Associated Press
 “Razor-sharp . . . harrowing . . . a cleverly crafted, easily read novel.”—The Dallas Times-Herald
 “Follett’s great strength is his female characters—they are smart, strong, independent, and when they love a man, by golly, he knows the game is up.”—People
 “An absolutely terrific thriller, so pulse pounding, so ingenious in its plotting, and so frighteningly realistic that you simply cannot stop reading.”—Publishers Weekly
 “Can Follett write . . . ? He outclasses his competitors.”
—Newsday
ALSO BY KEN FOLLETT
The Modigliani Scandal Paper Money Eye of the Needle Triple The Key to Rebecca On Wings of Eagles Lie Down with Lions The Pillars of the Earth Night over Water A Dangerous Fortune A Place Called Freedom The Third Twin The Hammer of Eden Code to Zero Jackdaws
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
In writing this book I was helped by many friends. My grateful thanks to Alan Earney, Pat Golbitz, M. E. Hirsh, Elaine Koster, Diana Levine, Caren Meyer and her moles, Sue Rapp, Pamela Robinson and the staff of Bertram Rota Ltd., Hilary Ross, Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson, Daniel Starer, Colin Tennant, and—alphabetically last but in every other way first—Al Zuckerman.
“One can’t love humanity. One can only love people.”
  —GRAHAM GREENE
ONE
It was a slow Sunday afternoon, the kind Walden loved. He stood at an open window and looked across the park. The broad, level lawn was dotted with mature trees: a Scotch pine, a pair of mighty oaks, several chestnuts and a willow like a head of girlish curls. The sun was high and the trees cast dark, cool shadows. The birds were silent, but a hum of contented bees came from the flowering creeper beside the window. The house was still, too. Most of the servants had the afternoon off. The only weekend guests were Walden’s brother George, George’s wife, Clarissa, and their children. George had gone for a walk, Clarissa was lying down and the children were out of sight. Walden was comfortable: he had worn a frock coat ............

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