In 1963, when traditional values are under attack, Venetia, a young woman, becomes involved with the Dean of Starbridge Cathedral. But as a married man, he has nothing to offer her, and Venetia finds herself trapped in a web of love and lies.
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"This series is built around an English cathedral community. Each book focuses on one of the major players. All of the players are present in all of the books, so the reader sees the same events from differing perspectives. Engrossing. IMO, Howatch's best work. " — Linda (5 out of 5 stars)
"This series is built around an English cathedral community. Each book focuses on one of the major players. All of the players are present in all of the books, so the reader sees the same events from differing perspectives. Engrossing. IMO, Howatch's best work. "
" Reference my review "Glittering Images". "
" A painful read because it is about obsessive love that is also forbidden. Some of the characters do such idiotic things you want to shake sense into them. "
" This series is built around an English cathedral community. Each book focuses on one of the major players. All of the players are present in all of the books, so the reader sees the same events from differing perspectives. Engrossing. IMO, Howatch's best work. "
" My least favorite of the series, but worth reading in order to get the full picture. "
" just finished sobbing my way thru the end of this great book. love this whole series but Venetia breaks my heart...She deals with a lot of issues that many modern women do. "
" See review of Glittering Images. "
" Howatch is very consistent - I enjoyed this as much as I've enjoyed the others and now I'm going to read another one. I like the way you see the same characters from multiple perspectives as the narrator changes from one book to the next. "
" A study of a married clergyman's extra marital relationship with a parishiner. A good study on the havock this relationship causes and the slow and painful process to return to healing. "
" Fantastic - part of a series of 7 books about the Church of England "
" I enjoyed this series very much. "
" What a Church of England novel - a mixture of theology and romance, of infidelity and Cathedral staff meetings. "
" Just as well-written as the other books, but just a bit depressing. Ugh. That's life, though, sometimes, eh? :) "
Susan Howatch is a British novelist who has penned bestselling mysteries, family sagas, and other novels. Howatch was born in Surrey, England. She began writing as a teen and published her first book when she moved to the United States in 1964. Howatch found global success first with her five sagas and then with her novels about the Church of England in the twentieth century. She has now returned to live in Surrey.
Sian Thomas, actress and Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator, was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her role in Up for Grabs. She appeared as Amelia Bones in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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