I have just realized that Howatch is now one of my favorite authors. I always find that the more I read that story, the more intrigued I become by the narrator’s omissions and evasions.”. The story is a story of spiritual transformation and leaves the reader wanting to step into this journey for themselves. Let’s face it, 2020 is making us long for other timelines. .

When I finish a book I use two criteria for my critique: my feelings and my thoughts. I won't reveal when, but you will eventually meet "The Bloke." Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 19, 2015. remember reading 'Glittering Images' when it was first published and enjoying it so I decided to re-read the whole Starbridge series of which this is the first book. by Ballantine Books.

Account & Lists Account Returns & Orders. I highly recommend this book, as well as the rest of the series, to anyone seeking an intelligent fiction novel.
Welcome back. The book centers on Charles Ashworth, a doctor of divinity who is commissioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury to investigate the Bishop of Starbridge's private and potentially scandal-filled life. The year is 1937, George VI's Coronation year, and Dr Charles Ashworth, a Church of England academic has been sent by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Cosmo Lang, to spy on the Bishop of Starbridge (Salisbury in the factual world), Dr Alex Jardine, to see whether there is any way in which he could embarrass the Church of England by attracting press headlines because of his possibly colourful private life. I got through about a quarter of the book and set it aside.

Or that English churchmen are for the most part very sex-ually hung up and neurotic. She began writing as a teen and published her first book when she moved to the United States in 1964. Start by marking “Glittering Images (Starbridge, #1)” as Want to Read: Error rating book. The characters' 'glittering images' are shown to be what they show the world and through their own words we see the truth behind those images, the flawed and damaged who still try to do the right thing, often resulting in serious misunderstanding by those around them.

Howatch was born in Surrey, England.


The dialogue throughout this book is brilliantly crisp." Jon Darrow, the narrator, was a character in Glittering Images, but the focus was not on him. I picked this one up at the recommendation of Jacqueline Winspear, one of my current favorite authors. I may find myself continuing to read books in this series, having been intrigued by this first installment. Try.