Golden Fox

Name: Golden Fox
Rating: 4.4 (4324 reviews)

by Wilbur Smith Book 5 in the The Burning Shore Sequence series.

First published 1990

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London and southern Africa from 1969. Isabella Courtney begins a relationship with Ramón de Santiago y Machado without knowing that he is a Soviet-aligned intelligence officer. Pregnancy and emotional dependence give him leverage over both Isabella and her family. The espionage plot reflects the internationalisation of southern African conflict, especially Soviet and Cuban support for movements fighting Portuguese colonialism and apartheid-aligned governments.

Espionage draws the Courtneys into Cold War struggles involving apartheid South Africa, Cuba and Angola. Isabella must decide whether to cooperate, resist or risk the life of her child while competing states use private relationships as instruments of policy. Isabella’s captivity makes geopolitical rivalry intimate, while the Courtneys’ wealth and political contacts cannot protect them from operations extending through London, Havana and Angola.