Ken Follett’s The Key to Rebecca took readers and critics by storm when first published forty years ago. Today, it remains one of the best espionage novels ever written.  A brilliant and ruthless Nazi master agent is on the loose in Cairo. His mission is to send Rommel’s advancing army the secrets that will unlock the city’s doors. In all of Cairo, only two people can stop him. One is a down-on-his-luck English officer no one will listen to. The other is a vulnerable young Jewish girl. . . . "A top-flight adventure thriller . . . violence, intrigue, and exotic passions. . . . A vivid page-turner." — The Washington Post “Brilliant . . . breathless high adventure.”  — Time “Magnificent . . . pulse-racing . . . the runaway hit of the year.”  — People “From the opening sentence to the gripping climax . . . Ken Follett delivers the surefire suspense readers have come to expect.”  — Los Angeles Times “It can keep you up all night—grabbed, gripped, and thrilled.”  — Chicago Sun-Times “The most exciting novel in years.”  — The Cincinnati Enquirer Ken Follett is one of the world's best-loved authors, selling more than 188 million copies of his thirty-six books. Follett’s first bestseller was Eye of the Needle , a spy story set in the Second World War. In 1989, The Pillars of the Earth was published and has since become Follett's most popular novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah’s Book Club pick. Its sequels, World Without End and A Column of Fire , and prequel The Evening and the Morning, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold more than fifty million copies worldwide. Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife, Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors. Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication   PART ONE - TO BRUK Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10   PART TWO - MERSA MATRUH Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19   PART THREE - ALAM HALFA Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29   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 The Man from St. Petersburg 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 New American Library Published by New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700; Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England Penguin Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd.) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty. Ltd.) Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd.) Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty.) Ltd., 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa   Penguin Books Ltd., Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England   Published by New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.   First New American Library Trade Paperback Printing, February 2002   Copyright © Fineblend N.V., 1980 All rights reserved   REGISTERED TRADEMARK—MARCA REGISTRADA       Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission