Lie Down with Lions

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: Eric Lincoln, Lary Bradenburg, Donald Brearley, Jane Brady, Marie Chambers, Pennell Drake

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 - and on to the moment of truth and a deadly decision for all of them.©1986 Ken Follett (P)1986 Brilliance Audio

Critic reviews

"Masterful...plot and counterplot, treachery, cunning and killing...keep you on edge every moment." ( Associated Press)
"A deadly romantic triangle, a clandestine mission with global stakes, an exotic location, a plot as gripping and ingenious as Eye of the Needle...engineered to perfection with breathless acceleration." ( Los Angeles Times)

great story

great story good delivery from many characters in the book. another classic Ken Follett novel.

Riveting!

Like all Follett’s books for me, the first third of the book is slow and the last two thirds race by! I never want them to end when they do. This was very good! I especially enjoyed the terrain. Follett brings the geography of the setting to life so well.

Authenticity

This book was utterly captivating. The narrators were superb with excellent diction and with obvious knowledge of the area they were retelling. Follett did it again, so carefully researching so much about the afghani and weaving a thriller par excellance

Narrator dictates extremely fast.

Decent story, not one of Follett’s best. The narrator dictates the story entirely too fast. Definitely fails to deliver the story as well as it could be delivered.

Good, but the multiple voice reading was poor

Overall a good book... not great.

Of the recent additions, "A Dangerous Fortune" is much better.

The narrator in this one is ok, but all spoken words are performed by different actors, and unfortunately the actors are a little below "B Movie" actors.

I don't particularly care for the spoken word cut-away style production, the story loses flow, and since the actors are not very good in this one, it really detracts.

The story is interesting and takes you to the Russian war on Afghanistan during 1981. It does shed light on just how horrible the fanatical muslim life is for women, and served to raise my disgust level for those civilizations a notch higher.

I could never really figure out if Follett was trying to touch a level of sympathy with the Afghans or not. I found it impossible to do so if that was the intent.

In the end, you wanted the story's hero to win, but hoped both sides would lose the war.