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The Jester Also by James Patterson The Thomas Berryman Number Season of the Machete See How They Run The Midnight Club Along Came a Spider Kiss the Girls Hide Seek Jack Jill Miracle on the 17th Green (with Peter de Jonge) Cat Mouse When the Wind Blows Pop Goes the Weasel Black Friday Cradle and All Roses Are Red 1st to Die Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas Violets Are Blue 2nd Chance (with Andrew Gross) The Beach House (with Peter de Jonge) The Jester A NOVEL BY James Patterson AND Andrew Gross LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY BOSTON NEW YORK LONDON Copyright ? 2003 by James Patterson All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. First Edition The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Patterson, James. The Jester /James Patterson ; with Andrew Gross.—1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 0-316-60205-I I. France—History—Medieval period, 987-1515—Fiction. 2. Fools and jesters—Fiction. 3. Kidnapping—Fiction. 4. Nobility—Fiction. 5. Crusades—Fiction. 6. Relics—Fiction. I. Gross, Andrew. II. Title. PS3566.A822J48 2003 813’.54—dc21 2002073059 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 q-ff Printed in the United States of America Contents TOC \o 1-2 \h \z HYPERLINK \l _ToPrologue PAGEREF _To\h 8 HYPERLINK \l _ToPart One PAGEREF _To\h 10 HYPERLINK \l _ToChapter I PAGEREF _To\h 11 HYPERLINK \l _ToChapter 2 PAGEREF _To\h 12 HYPERLINK \l _ToChapter 3 PAGEREF _To\h 13 HYPERLINK \l _ToChapter 4 PAGEREF _To\h 14 HYPERLINK \l _ToChapter 5 PAGEREF _To\h 16 HYPERLINK \l _ToChap