The first in Susan Howatch's acclaimed novels centering on the glorious Cathedral of Starbridge, Glittering Images is a masterful depiction of spiritual hubris, the seductions of power, and the moral dilemmas of England between the wars. Related collections and offers. Product Details. About the . About Glittering Images. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first in Susan Howatch’s acclaimed novels centering on the glorious Cathedral of Starbridge, Glittering Images is a masterful depiction of spiritual hubris, the seductions of power, and the moral dilemmas of England between the wars. “Passionately eloquent. Glittering Images is about British clergymen. How not-exciting does that sound? And yet it is one of the most suspenseful, riveting books I’ve ever had the pleasure to read. The novel centers around the institution of marriage, an institution that was undergoing change in Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.
The first in Susan Howatch's acclaimed novels centering on the glorious Cathedral of Starbridge, Glittering Images is a masterful depiction of spiritual hubris, the seductions of power, and the moral dilemmas of England between the wars. Related collections and offers. Product Details. About the Author. 3 thoughts on " Glittering Images by Susan Howatch " Jennifer, Snapshot says: 8/26/ at pm I am glad you got to read this! I have only read one book, the Wonder Worker (I think was the title), and really enjoyed it. My library never had the first in that series, so I selected one that was not in a series. Susan Howatch (born 14 July ) is a British author. Her writing career has been distinguished by family saga-type novels which describe the lives of related characters for long periods of bltadwin.ru later books have also become known for their religious and philosophical themes.
The first in Susan Howatch's acclaimed novels centering on the glorious Cathedral of Starbridge, Glittering Images is a masterful depiction of spiritual hubris, the seductions of power, and the moral dilemmas of England between the wars. Related collections and offers. Product Details. About the Author. Glittering Images is narrated by the Reverend Dr. Charles Ashworth, a Cambridge academic who undergoes something of a spiritual and nervous breakdown after being sent by the Archbishop of Canterbury to secretly investigate possible sexual transgressions in the household of the Bishop of Starbridge. Ashworth is helped to recover, and to realize the source of his problems, by Father Jonathan Darrow, the widowed abbot of Grantchester Abbey of the Fordite Monks. The glittering images'' Howatch's outstanding gifts as a storyteller (Wheel of Fortune) are combined here with a new seriousness of theme; the result is a superior novel with bestselling potential.
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