To Lie with Lions

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of To Lie with Lions by Dorothy Dunnett, read by John Banks.

Merchant-banker Nicholas de Fleury, having wrested his infant son from the boy's formidable mother, pauses en route to the land of golden light to set in train a deception that will ensnare nations in the triumphant ruin of his enemies. This is volume six in the "House of Niccolo".

Critics Review

Praise for Dorothy Dunnett

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A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention

The New York Times

Marvellous, breathtaking

The Times

A masterpiece of historical fiction

Washington Post

One of the greatest tale-spinners since Dumas

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Lashings of excitement, colour and subtlety

The Times

Vivid, engaging, densely plotted – are almost certainly destined to be counted among the classics of popular fiction

New York Times

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