Golden Fox [Mass Market Paperback]

Wilbur Smith (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Pan Books; 3rd printing edition (1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0330317504
• ISBN-13: 978-0330317504
• ASIN: B001F2G6LY
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 3.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,652,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. After the successful publication of WHEN THE LION FEEDS in 1964 he became a full-time writer, and has since written 30 novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books have been translated into twenty-six different languages

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't Read This First-- it's the 11th and Last in a Series!, February 1, 2004

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Chris Ward (Costa Rica) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golden Fox (Mass Market Paperback)

It's also the least of the series-- all others I've read warrant at least 4 stars, and some 5. "The Courtneys of Africa" series is as follows: Birds of Prey, Monsoon, Blue Horizon, When The Lion Feeds, A Sound of Thunder, A Sparrow Falls, The Burning Shore, Power of the Sword, Rage, A Time to Die-- and THEN Golden Fox. So you'd be unwise to start here; I'd even say you could dispense with it altogether, as it's a weak ending to the story. But it ties up some loose ends of the 20th century version of the clan-- Centaine, born with the century, and her son Shasa, and his four children, Sean, Garry, Isabella, and Michael. The story runs from 1969 to the late 70s, and is rife with minor anachronisms-- Smith wrote this in the early nineties and forgot that kids didn't have videos to pop in and watch back then, etc. The plot is turgid romance and espionage, and the weakest book I've found from Smith-- start anywhere else but here. "Birds of Prey" is a solid adventure story, and will serve as an entree to the Courtneys, if you've a mind to get to know them....

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great read but flawed, December 7, 2004

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Toby (Deal, Kent) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Golden Fox (Hardcover)

I agree with many of the comments already made. This is an exciting, readable book but the central premise is flawed. Given how close Bella is to her family and how unrebellious she appears, it seemed totally out of character for her to betray her country and family in this way. Also I found the rescue far-fetched. Smith has written many better books (personally I prefer his non-Courtney books anyway) but I think if you like action and family drama this will still prove difficult to put down.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not like Smith, August 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Golden Fox (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is nothing like Wilburth Smith.
The story has no secuence with his previous work on the Courtney series.
Compared with the masterly way in wich Smith weaves history and fiction in the Power of the Sword (giving a clear picture of South Africa during WW2 and the Apartheid}, or the narrative power of Burning Shore this books is a complete nothingness.
So don't judge Smith by this, his least fortunate book.