The Consul's Wife

A Novel

by W. T. Tyler

A love story set in Africa during the upheavals of the Cold War. It describes how Matthews, a young officer in the U.S. Foreign Service, arrives in the Belgian Congo on the eve of the civil war that followed independence in 1960. In the midst of the intrigues, betrayals, and chaos that ensue, Matthews becomes enmeshed in a love affair that ultimately puts him in as much peril as the civil war itself.

Editions of The Consul's Wife

	ISBN 9780786213733	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Thorndike Pr	Date 1998	Price $4.46	Used - Good
	ISBN 9780805044256	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Henry Holt & Co	Date 1998	Price $1.00	Very Good

Publisher Notes

In The Consul's Wife, W.T. Tyler returns once more to Africa, specifically to the Congo, where his protagonist, Hugh Mathews, a young foreign service officer, must cope with his embassy's ineptitude and its shallow-thinking bureaucrats even as he comes to terms with the confusion of feuding tribes and rebel factions living in the timeless and all but impenetrable wilderness surrounding the capital. Featuring a huge cast of characters - petty dictators, CIA operatives, a sorcerer who can summon lightning from the sky - and set during the era of America's increasing involvement in Vietnam half a world away, The Consul's Wife is also a love story of great power and resonance.