Ultimate Prizes by Susan Howatch

Ultimate Prizes by Susan Howatch

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Set in 1942, this novel describes the effect on a respectable archdeacon with a wife and a future in the Church of England, when he meets an attractive young socialite and is soon dangerously entangled in adultery, hypocrisy and obsession. The author also wrote "Glittering Images".

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Ultimate Prizes by Susan Howatch

Set in 1942, this novel describes the effect on a respectable archdeacon with a wife and a future in the Church of England, when he meets an attractive young socialite and is soon dangerously entangled in adultery, hypocrisy and obsession. The author also wrote Glittering Images.

Susan Howatch was born in Surrey in 1940. After taking a degree in law she emigrated to America where she married, had a daughter and embarked on her career as a writer. When she eventually left the states, she lived in the Republic of Ireland for four years before returning to England. She spent time in Salisbury – the inspiration for her Starbridge sequence of novels – and now lives in London.

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ISBN 13 9780006178002
ISBN 10 0006178006
Title Ultimate Prizes
Author Susan Howatch
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1993-02-22
Number of pages 480
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.