Wilbur Smith · 1990 · thriller

Wilbur Smith's 1990 Courtney saga. In 1960s London, Isabella Courtney, daughter of a South African statesman, falls for a charming stranger - who is in truth Ramon Machado, a KGB agent code-named the Golden Fox. Blackmailed through her stolen child into betraying her family's defense secrets, Isabella is drawn into a Cold War web spanning London, South Africa and the killing grounds of Angola.

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   London

   In London, where her father serves as South Africa's ambassador, Isabella Courtney is swept off her feet by Ramon Machado - never guessing he is a KGB agent, the Golden Fox, sent to snare her and her family's secrets.

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   South Africa

   When Ramon steals her son and holds him hostage, Isabella is broken to the KGB's will. Back in South Africa, as her father takes charge of the nation's armaments, she is forced to betray her family's guarded defense secrets.

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   Angola

   The trail of her stolen child leads to a guerrilla camp in war-torn Angola, and the Courtney men - soldiers all - mount a daring raid across the bush to free the boy and break the Golden Fox's grip on their family at last.