Glittering Images
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Glittering Images by Susan Howatch
It is the 1930s, and Charles Ashworth is dispatched by the Archbishop of Canterbury to learn the truth about the flamboyant Bishop of Starbridge, Adam Alexander Jardine, and his mousy wife. Do Jardine's outspoken denouncements of the Anglican Church's strict divorce laws have a personal motive? When he meets the cool and beautiful Lyle Christie, Mrs. Jardine's companion, Ashworth believes they do. But as he struggles to understand the strange relationships in the household, Ashworth ceases to be an innocent, objective observer. Slowly, he too is drawn into the secret drama that is being played out in the shadow of the cathedral, a drama that he could never have foreseen. 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.Susan Howatch was born in the English county of Surrey. She went to America after earning a law degree, married, had a daughter, and began a career as a writer. She spent four years in the Republic of Ireland before returning to England after leaving the United States. She lived in Salisbury for a while, which inspired her Starbridge series of novels, and now she lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780394562063 |
| ISBN 10 | 0394562062 |
| Title | Glittering Images |
| Author | Susan Howatch |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year published | 1987-09-12 |
| Number of pages | 399 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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