The Double Eagle. James Twining

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       Thirty-Seven

       Thirty-Eight

       Thirty-Nine

       Forty

       Forty-One

       Forty-Two

       Forty-Three

       Forty-Four

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       Forty-Six

       Part III

       Forty-Seven

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       Forty-Nine

       Fifty

       Fifty-One

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       Fifty-Eight

       Fifty-Nine

       Sixty

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       Sixty-Six

       Sixty-Seven

       Sixty-Eight

       Sixty-Nine

       Seventy

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       Seventy-Nine

       Eighty

       Eighty-One

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       Eighty-Four

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       Eighty-Six

       Eighty-Seven

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       Eighty-Nine

       Ninety

       Epilogue

       Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       Praise

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       PROLOGUE

       What do you not drive human hearts into, cursed Craving for gold!

       Virgil – The Aeneid (iii.56)

       Pont de Grenelle, 16th Arrondissement, Paris 16th July – 9:05pm

      They were late.

      They’d said quarter to and it was already five past. It made him uneasy to be standing out in the open for this long. If they weren’t there in the next five minutes he was leaving, a million dollars or not.

      He patted his pocket nervously. It was still there; he could feel it through the black woollen material, its warm weight pressing against his thigh. It was still safe.

      A teenage couple, arms interlinked,