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Catesby #6
South Atlantic Requiem
It is 1982 and the British prime minister and the Argentine president are both clinging to power.
Owing to budget cuts, senior MI6 spook William Catesby s only agent in South America is young Cambridge student Fiona Stewart who has fallen in love with an Argentine star polo player who also flies Exocet armed aircraft for the military Junta.
Downing Street, having ignored alarm bells coming from the South Atlantic, finds itself in a full-blown crisis when Argentina invades the remote and forgotten British territory of the Falklands Islands. Catesby is dispatched urgently to prevent Argentina from obtaining more lethal Exocet missiles by fair means or foul. Cunning, ingenuity and the prospect of murder will become his increasingly desperate modus operandi.
Meanwhile, a battle rages behind the scenes as the Foreign Secretary, haunted by his own memories of the horrors of war is pushing for peace, while the Prime Minister, urged on by nationalist glory, is willing to sacrifice lives to win an upcoming election.
From Patagonia to Paris, from Chevening to the White House, Catesby plays a deadly game of diplomatic cat and mouse determined to avert the loss of life. The clock is ticking as diplomats and statesmen race for a last-minute settlement while the weapons of war are primed and aimed.
Edward Wilson's stunning new spy thriller brilliantly evokes the intricate world of high-stakes espionage with a rare authenticity and deeply-felt sympathy for the human cost and tragedy of conflict.
Owing to budget cuts, senior MI6 spook William Catesby s only agent in South America is young Cambridge student Fiona Stewart who has fallen in love with an Argentine star polo player who also flies Exocet armed aircraft for the military Junta.
Downing Street, having ignored alarm bells coming from the South Atlantic, finds itself in a full-blown crisis when Argentina invades the remote and forgotten British territory of the Falklands Islands. Catesby is dispatched urgently to prevent Argentina from obtaining more lethal Exocet missiles by fair means or foul. Cunning, ingenuity and the prospect of murder will become his increasingly desperate modus operandi.
Meanwhile, a battle rages behind the scenes as the Foreign Secretary, haunted by his own memories of the horrors of war is pushing for peace, while the Prime Minister, urged on by nationalist glory, is willing to sacrifice lives to win an upcoming election.
From Patagonia to Paris, from Chevening to the White House, Catesby plays a deadly game of diplomatic cat and mouse determined to avert the loss of life. The clock is ticking as diplomats and statesmen race for a last-minute settlement while the weapons of war are primed and aimed.
Edward Wilson's stunning new spy thriller brilliantly evokes the intricate world of high-stakes espionage with a rare authenticity and deeply-felt sympathy for the human cost and tragedy of conflict.
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First published March 15, 2018
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Edward Wilson
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Edward Wilson served in Vietnam as an officer in the 5th Special Forces. His decorations include the Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medal for Valor. Soon after leaving the army, Wilson became a permanent expatriate in the UK in 1974. He formally lost US nationality in 1986. Edward Wilson is a British citizen, but has also lived and worked in Germany and France.
Edward Wilson served in Vietnam as an officer in the 5th Special Forces. His decorations include the Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medal for Valor. Soon after leaving the army, Wilson became a permanent expatriate in the UK in 1974. He formally lost US nationality in 1986. Edward Wilson is a British citizen, but has also lived and worked in Germany and France.
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September 12, 2022
A fascinating insight into the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina in 1982 in another of Edward Wilson's fact/fiction espionage novels. Wilson's attention to historical detail liberally spiced with juicy gossip about major politicians in Britain and Argentina, Peru and Uruguay and the USA and their part in the Falklands conflict combine to provide a very believable tale.
Wilson's "hero", Catesby has taken over the South America Desk at MI6 and one of his first acts is to involve a young Englishwoman, Fiona Stewart, in spying in Buenos Aries via her boyfriend Ariel - a pilot in the Argentine Air Force. As the story unfolds, Fiona's love for Ariel nullifies her usefulness as a spy but her life as a Brit living in Argentina during the Falklands War gives the reader a chance to view the conflict from a different perspective.
Meanwhile, Catesby is summoned by Britain's Foreign Secretary, Francis Pym and sent to Peru via Washington to help negotiate a last minute peace deal. From there, he becomes involved in several actions, some of them official diplomatic work while others are "off the books" as the intelligence services refer to operations which are not acknowledged by Her Majesty's Government.
Throughout the book we are allowed to "overhear" political and military discussions in the world's capital cities as the moves towards Argentina's invasion of Los Malvinas and Britain's response, culminating in the 10 week war which left a total of 649 Argentine dead anlong with 255 British servicemen and 3 female Falkland Island civilians killed.
Initially, the USA wanted Argentina's military dictatorship to survive, while more than a few senior politicians in the Tory Governement would have preferred their leader, Prime Minister Thatcher to fail. All that changed in the early hours of 2 May 1982, when 12 hours after the Argentina Junta agreed new peace terms a British nuclear powered submarine, HMS Conqueror torpedoed and sank the Argentine light cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
The rest, as they say, is history but the story has a sting in the tale when Catesby becomes involved in the "real" story about the sinking of the Belgrano. Ultimately, he and other like minded individuals who tried desperately to prevent the war were swept aside by political intrigue in London, Buenos Aries and elsewhere.
In a postscript to the story, Edward Wilson - himself a veteran of the Vietnam War - pays tribute to the British servicemen who died in the Falklands and to the wounded, many of whom still suffer the physical and mental scars of that conflict.
This is the 6th in the Catesby series and probably the best. Recommended for fans of John Le Carre, Alan Furst and the late Philip Kerr, this is grown up spy fiction at its finest.
Wilson's "hero", Catesby has taken over the South America Desk at MI6 and one of his first acts is to involve a young Englishwoman, Fiona Stewart, in spying in Buenos Aries via her boyfriend Ariel - a pilot in the Argentine Air Force. As the story unfolds, Fiona's love for Ariel nullifies her usefulness as a spy but her life as a Brit living in Argentina during the Falklands War gives the reader a chance to view the conflict from a different perspective.
Meanwhile, Catesby is summoned by Britain's Foreign Secretary, Francis Pym and sent to Peru via Washington to help negotiate a last minute peace deal. From there, he becomes involved in several actions, some of them official diplomatic work while others are "off the books" as the intelligence services refer to operations which are not acknowledged by Her Majesty's Government.
Throughout the book we are allowed to "overhear" political and military discussions in the world's capital cities as the moves towards Argentina's invasion of Los Malvinas and Britain's response, culminating in the 10 week war which left a total of 649 Argentine dead anlong with 255 British servicemen and 3 female Falkland Island civilians killed.
Initially, the USA wanted Argentina's military dictatorship to survive, while more than a few senior politicians in the Tory Governement would have preferred their leader, Prime Minister Thatcher to fail. All that changed in the early hours of 2 May 1982, when 12 hours after the Argentina Junta agreed new peace terms a British nuclear powered submarine, HMS Conqueror torpedoed and sank the Argentine light cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
The rest, as they say, is history but the story has a sting in the tale when Catesby becomes involved in the "real" story about the sinking of the Belgrano. Ultimately, he and other like minded individuals who tried desperately to prevent the war were swept aside by political intrigue in London, Buenos Aries and elsewhere.
In a postscript to the story, Edward Wilson - himself a veteran of the Vietnam War - pays tribute to the British servicemen who died in the Falklands and to the wounded, many of whom still suffer the physical and mental scars of that conflict.
This is the 6th in the Catesby series and probably the best. Recommended for fans of John Le Carre, Alan Furst and the late Philip Kerr, this is grown up spy fiction at its finest.
July 26, 2018
Edward Wilson has crafted another winner with "SOUTH ATLANTIC REQUIEM."
William Catesby, the redoubtable and resourceful veteran MI-6 agent, polyglot, and ever faithful servant of Her Majesty's Government, takes center stage once more. The time is 1979. A new Conservative government has taken power in Britain and is set on shaking things up. And that entails substantial cuts in the defense budget.
There is also a military dictatorship in Argentina eyeing a group of offshore islands -- the Falklands -- that have been under British sovereignty for close to 150 years. The Argentines have long regarded these islands as theirs - las Malvinas. But they have been reluctant to challenge British power for decades. That is, until the change of government in Whitehall. The Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher - doesn't regard the Falklands as vital to Britain's strategic interests. There are some low level talks between the British and Argentines that hint at putting into place a gradual turnover of the Falklands to Argentina.
Catesby has been made head of operations in South America. Events between 1979 and early 1982 lead to a simmering crisis between Whitehall and Buenos Aires. After Thatcher has ordered the withdrawal of a Royal Navy ship (HMS Endurance) -- which had been patrolling the waters surrounding the Falklands -- the ruling Junta in Argentina busies itself with making plans to seize the Falklands. Catesby has -- through the use in Buenos Aires of a young, savvy, assertive Cambridge graduate (Fiona Stewart - who also displays a facility for languages) he had hired as a part-time agent to keep tabs on the Junta -- kept his ears alert to subtle changes in the political climate. Miss Stewart for a time provides MI-6 with valuable intelligence -- through contacts she has developed among some members of the Argentine government and military (many of them young officers, one of whom - a naval aviator and champion polo player - she falls in love with; the feelings are mutual). But the situation changes and Catesby's intelligence source fades to black --- for reasons that one can discover as the story progresses.
The novel goes on to provide some very revealing insights into how it was that Argentina and Britain went to war over the Falklands in the Spring of 1982. As someone who lived through that time and has some memory of that conflict, I very much enjoyed the way Wilson showed how events unfolded from a variety of personalities and perspectives in the UK, Europe, South America, and Washington.
All in all, "SOUTH ATLANTIC REQUIEM" was a thoroughly satisfying, exciting, and sobering Cold War novel.
William Catesby, the redoubtable and resourceful veteran MI-6 agent, polyglot, and ever faithful servant of Her Majesty's Government, takes center stage once more. The time is 1979. A new Conservative government has taken power in Britain and is set on shaking things up. And that entails substantial cuts in the defense budget.
There is also a military dictatorship in Argentina eyeing a group of offshore islands -- the Falklands -- that have been under British sovereignty for close to 150 years. The Argentines have long regarded these islands as theirs - las Malvinas. But they have been reluctant to challenge British power for decades. That is, until the change of government in Whitehall. The Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher - doesn't regard the Falklands as vital to Britain's strategic interests. There are some low level talks between the British and Argentines that hint at putting into place a gradual turnover of the Falklands to Argentina.
Catesby has been made head of operations in South America. Events between 1979 and early 1982 lead to a simmering crisis between Whitehall and Buenos Aires. After Thatcher has ordered the withdrawal of a Royal Navy ship (HMS Endurance) -- which had been patrolling the waters surrounding the Falklands -- the ruling Junta in Argentina busies itself with making plans to seize the Falklands. Catesby has -- through the use in Buenos Aires of a young, savvy, assertive Cambridge graduate (Fiona Stewart - who also displays a facility for languages) he had hired as a part-time agent to keep tabs on the Junta -- kept his ears alert to subtle changes in the political climate. Miss Stewart for a time provides MI-6 with valuable intelligence -- through contacts she has developed among some members of the Argentine government and military (many of them young officers, one of whom - a naval aviator and champion polo player - she falls in love with; the feelings are mutual). But the situation changes and Catesby's intelligence source fades to black --- for reasons that one can discover as the story progresses.
The novel goes on to provide some very revealing insights into how it was that Argentina and Britain went to war over the Falklands in the Spring of 1982. As someone who lived through that time and has some memory of that conflict, I very much enjoyed the way Wilson showed how events unfolded from a variety of personalities and perspectives in the UK, Europe, South America, and Washington.
All in all, "SOUTH ATLANTIC REQUIEM" was a thoroughly satisfying, exciting, and sobering Cold War novel.
August 23, 2020
As a loyal reader of Edward Wilson, his last
work left me with mix feelings.
As most of his novels, this is a blend of espionage and political intrigue, all interwoven with historical context and characters.
Starting from the positive sides, this is a very engaging yet easy and pleasant read; compared to the harsh, when not convoluted prose of his early works, Wilson's writing here flows quite smoothly. This, together with a relatively linear plot, makes it a Wilson-lite.
In the same way, Catesby seems to have matured together with the prose; he is still the means through which the author lets transpire his strong political views, he clearly despises the right-wing and conservative factions (in particular, his obvious contempt for Margaret Thatcher's makes his lose some lucidity of judgement) and in some instances even his anti-britishness. But overall our hero comes across as a much more balanced man, less bitter and cynical than in the first novels, more integrated into the system.
The flipside is that all this makes South Atlantic Requiem a little more bland, as if this was the price to pay for a less painstaking reading.
All in all, however, this is a pretty good read, though I kind of missed a little the younger Catesby (and Wilson)
work left me with mix feelings.
As most of his novels, this is a blend of espionage and political intrigue, all interwoven with historical context and characters.
Starting from the positive sides, this is a very engaging yet easy and pleasant read; compared to the harsh, when not convoluted prose of his early works, Wilson's writing here flows quite smoothly. This, together with a relatively linear plot, makes it a Wilson-lite.
In the same way, Catesby seems to have matured together with the prose; he is still the means through which the author lets transpire his strong political views, he clearly despises the right-wing and conservative factions (in particular, his obvious contempt for Margaret Thatcher's makes his lose some lucidity of judgement) and in some instances even his anti-britishness. But overall our hero comes across as a much more balanced man, less bitter and cynical than in the first novels, more integrated into the system.
The flipside is that all this makes South Atlantic Requiem a little more bland, as if this was the price to pay for a less painstaking reading.
All in all, however, this is a pretty good read, though I kind of missed a little the younger Catesby (and Wilson)
September 29, 2020
Thoroughly enjoyable thriller. A somewhat battered English spy Catesby runs MI6’s shoe string operations in South America just before the Falklands war. What Wilson does really well is use Catesby as a Zelig like figure in the skewering of the various political leaders and their idiocies. Apart from some odd and jarring Jackie Collinsesqe polo player romps this makes for highly entertaining reading.
January 30, 2021
Like John Lawton and Alan Furst, Wilson puts as much effort into the historical backdrop as he does the fictional plot. In this case The Falklands War is the backdrop. Thatcher comes across as a drunk who ignores information, blunders her way past several rational solutions, goes to war, gets lots of people killed, and is rewarded with reelection. Meanwhile the Junta is deposed, and Argentina becomes more democratic. Our protagonist Catesby is a left-leaning first generation Brit, working class, whose linguistic gifts land him at Oxford then into ww2 intelligence, and then into SIS or MI6. He's in late career by 1982, and does everything possible to avoid war. Two young women characters are central, and Al Haig clowns his way toward ineffectuality. I hadn't realized how stupid Thatcher had been leading up to the war. A fine book.
"The colonel had not been a great man, just a good man--which is, perhaps, better." . . . . " The need to destroy peace and beauty out of self righteous conceit was a human trait that had never disappeared" . . . . "It wasn't, thought Catesby, a time for political discussion -- but violence almost always began from the right wing. But when you said this, the rightists shouted you down."
"The colonel had not been a great man, just a good man--which is, perhaps, better." . . . . " The need to destroy peace and beauty out of self righteous conceit was a human trait that had never disappeared" . . . . "It wasn't, thought Catesby, a time for political discussion -- but violence almost always began from the right wing. But when you said this, the rightists shouted you down."
April 30, 2018
A fine atmospheric novel about the short-lived war between the UK and Argentina in 1982. The novel follows the known events of that foolish war quite closely.
September 14, 2018
I read this back to back with Firefly by Henry Porter - two recent books by comparable authors. I thought the Porter was much better. At the time of the Falklands war, Catesby is 59, and it seems improbable that he would still have been actively carrying out assassinations on behalf of HMG. Also, I find his cultured aestheticism does not sit well with his plan to murder an innocent French engineer whom he befriends. Again, I think the author has gone too far this time in bringing his own politics into it. I hold no brief for Thatcher, but I remember the events well and not even the Guardian portrayed her as the paranoid, egocentric, alcoholic, marginally criminal nutcase that Wilson depicts. Finally, the story of the girl Catesby recruits as an agent largely turns into an irrelevant subplot which doesn't impact on the main events. Despite all this, however, I enjoyed the book.
July 30, 2020
Very hard to get into this book unlike all the others in the series. It reads more like a diatribe against Thatcher and her decisions surrounding the Falklands war with Argentina dressed up as a piece of fiction. This makes for a difficult read because it is so one dimensional. Clearly Wilson dislikes Thatcher and takes every opportunity to reinforce this view. Catesby thus comes across as the ultimate hypocrite - hating everything about his Government but still acting in its interest. Perhaps a better story would have been exploring his moral dilemma in more detail and finding him unable to continue to support someone he feels guilty of a war crime?
February 16, 2019
Outstanding book in an outstanding series.
The Catesby series of books have, for me, been an absolute enthralling reading experience. A journey through the murky world of post war espionage, with Catesby, the MI6 "Quixote", eternally jousting at the reactionary windmills of class and right wing ideology.
As the series progressed Catesby left wing leanings became more of an influence on the books and this latest one, based around the Argentine invasion of the Falklands, brings Catesby's socialism into conflict with the neo conservatism of Thatcher.
The political viewpoint of the book is starkly left leaning and anyone of a rightish inclination will probably be upset by the portrayal of Margaret Thatcher, but this in no way diminishes the book or its message. The betrayal of young men and women in uniform, wrapped up in a jingoistic blanket, will always serve someone's political interest and this book is in no doubt that the Falklands War was more about the political crises of the two countries involved, then about the sovereignty of the Islands themselves.
I suppose this is also farewell and bon voyage to Catesby, although I do hope there are still a tale or two to be revealed.
The Catesby series of books have, for me, been an absolute enthralling reading experience. A journey through the murky world of post war espionage, with Catesby, the MI6 "Quixote", eternally jousting at the reactionary windmills of class and right wing ideology.
As the series progressed Catesby left wing leanings became more of an influence on the books and this latest one, based around the Argentine invasion of the Falklands, brings Catesby's socialism into conflict with the neo conservatism of Thatcher.
The political viewpoint of the book is starkly left leaning and anyone of a rightish inclination will probably be upset by the portrayal of Margaret Thatcher, but this in no way diminishes the book or its message. The betrayal of young men and women in uniform, wrapped up in a jingoistic blanket, will always serve someone's political interest and this book is in no doubt that the Falklands War was more about the political crises of the two countries involved, then about the sovereignty of the Islands themselves.
I suppose this is also farewell and bon voyage to Catesby, although I do hope there are still a tale or two to be revealed.
October 15, 2019
Edward Wilson does it again.
He convincingly portrays the Falklands campaign as an unnecessary war, fought only to further the ambitions of the senior politicians on both sides. The public in both countries were duped into a frenzy of jingoistic flag waving, but it was their soldiers and sailors that suffered the consequences.
French duplicity over the Exocet missiles that they had sold to the Argentinians rears its ugly head. While the French Premier professed to be our ally, French technicians in Argentina were facilitating the launch of the missiles that sank HMS Sheffield and other British ships. A technical feat that the Argentinians were not capable of performing by themselves.
Wilson’s amusing and iconoclastic portrayal of Margaret Thatcher will be recognisable by many, in particular the inhabitants of the ex-pit villages of Northern England and viewers of ‘Spitting Image.'
This book is a fiction, but its factual warp, interwoven with the fictional weft of a love story between an Argentinian aviator and a female English spy, was very satisfying. An excellent read, I thoroughly recommend it.
He convincingly portrays the Falklands campaign as an unnecessary war, fought only to further the ambitions of the senior politicians on both sides. The public in both countries were duped into a frenzy of jingoistic flag waving, but it was their soldiers and sailors that suffered the consequences.
French duplicity over the Exocet missiles that they had sold to the Argentinians rears its ugly head. While the French Premier professed to be our ally, French technicians in Argentina were facilitating the launch of the missiles that sank HMS Sheffield and other British ships. A technical feat that the Argentinians were not capable of performing by themselves.
Wilson’s amusing and iconoclastic portrayal of Margaret Thatcher will be recognisable by many, in particular the inhabitants of the ex-pit villages of Northern England and viewers of ‘Spitting Image.'
This book is a fiction, but its factual warp, interwoven with the fictional weft of a love story between an Argentinian aviator and a female English spy, was very satisfying. An excellent read, I thoroughly recommend it.
May 2, 2020
I liked the book overall, but I was irritated by the author's in-your-face intrusions in expressing his contempt for Margaret Thatcher. I hold no strong opinion, one way or another, on Thatcher, but Wilson's use of the historical figure in a work of fiction, accusing her of moral turpitude without providing historical evidence--ironically, the justification could be that this is after all a work of fiction--leaves me dissatisfied. Politics is a dirty game, just as espionage, and getting on one's high moral horse in judging Thatcher's decisions during the crisis is delusional: in fact, she went on to win a huge majority at the next election. I have noticed this trend--forcefully expressing the author's political views--more and more in British fiction, and it's a development which I do not welcome. I prefer to read a novel rather than a political pamphlet.
Also debatable is the episode where Catesby goes to Argentina to assassinate a scientist who is helping the Junta: aside from the fact that Catesby is past his physical prime, a Director would never ever be employed for such an operation, whatever his age.
Also debatable is the episode where Catesby goes to Argentina to assassinate a scientist who is helping the Junta: aside from the fact that Catesby is past his physical prime, a Director would never ever be employed for such an operation, whatever his age.
April 25, 2018
A novel about the stupidity of Margaret Thatcher in triggering the Falklands war and her criminality in carrying it out. Al Haig - remember him? - gets a good going over too. The larger issue is serving the lesser of two evils - Thatcher - to overthrow the Argentinian junta. The third issue is the divided loyalties if you’re an Englishwoman married to an Argentine. (There’s also a half baked subplot involving her American girlfriend, daughter of an evil arms merchant.) The problem structurally is the first half focuses on the Englishwoman (and her friend) and the second switches to great power politics and the spy Catesby shuttling around - trying to keep peace and to keep Argentina from getting more Exocets. It’s like two different books which knocks the rating down to a bit under four stars. Also stylistically there is too much explanation and scene setting - too much description of what people are thinking or feeling. Slows everything down. As always in Wilson’s books there’s a Vatican / conspiracy subplot that is the secret mover of the overt action.
April 1, 2024
This was a very good and detailed insight into the lead up to the Falklands war, unbelievable that it was 40 years ago it happened, . The story is, at the authors mention, a story yet the real life characters were also involved and mentioned so one assumes some truths too? The fictional storyline about the four main characters was good and interweaves into the real life story well. Even when one has lived in the period of the book, it is often the case that so much isnt remembered generally, we tend to just listen to or watch the basic news , not get involved in the details. A good blend of historical facts with the also fictional part of the story
April 16, 2022
Non-fiction around the Falklands conflict. Wilson is no lover of the Government at the time - I wonder if he likes any political system. Here it is more about divided loyalties, how intrigue develops during a fight between two governments desperately trying to stay in power! Was this really one chemists stubbornness against a junta failed economy? As a novel it works with the usual liberties taken on actual facts.
June 22, 2021
The author uses his veteran MI6 character, William Catesby, as the vehicle to describe a behind-the-scenes scenario of events in Argentina, Peru, Washington and London as a backdrop to the Falklands war. This novel portrays Thatcher as a semi-alcoholic war-mongerer pulling reluctant Cabonet colleagues into hostilities to bolster her personal political position.
March 6, 2018
This is a tremendous read. Edward Wilson at his best dealing with a brutal military junta, a detested Thatcher government both using a war to cling to power. The erstwhile socialist MI6 agent William Catesby is on a quest to prevent war. A great read
June 8, 2018
Another thriller from Wilson
I am always fascinated by Wilson’s ability to capture British attitudes towards their enemies and allies. Catesby remains my favorite British spy always putting country ahead of feelings.
I am always fascinated by Wilson’s ability to capture British attitudes towards their enemies and allies. Catesby remains my favorite British spy always putting country ahead of feelings.
October 1, 2018
Good recap of the Falkland war
And interesting historical novel that was quite true to the actual circumstances and facts of the Falkland war. I enjoyed the story plot and characters very much, even though I knew the outcome.
And interesting historical novel that was quite true to the actual circumstances and facts of the Falkland war. I enjoyed the story plot and characters very much, even though I knew the outcome.
February 3, 2024
Enjoyed this. Like John le Carré, but slightly less confusing. Quality novel; I didn't know anything about the Falklands before reading this, but I feel a bit more clued-in, now. (Artistic license assumed.)
January 9, 2019
Stars are not so much for the writing, which had a tendency to plod, but for the fascinating accounts and perceptions.
Truly frightening.
Truly frightening.
January 15, 2021
Great take
This is the history we never hear about in the US. I like the uptake. Now I’m looking for what you have written
This is the history we never hear about in the US. I like the uptake. Now I’m looking for what you have written
July 12, 2021
Thrilling and fascinating
If you like Margaret Thatcher, you need to read this. If you do not like her you surely need to read this.
If you like Margaret Thatcher, you need to read this. If you do not like her you surely need to read this.
March 3, 2023
This one, to a large extent, worked for me and I really enjoyed the read.
December 6, 2023
Too slow and disjointed with detail where it’s not necessary.
December 17, 2025
If you like LeCarre then you will like Wilson. The Catesby series of novels are terrific and this one, South Atlantic Requiem, is equal to anything LeCarre has written.
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