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Susan Howatch
Susan Howatch FKC (born
Born Susan Elizabeth Sturt in
She obtained a degree in law from the
Her first novel was "The Dark Shore", published during 1965. She published several other "gothic" novels before she published the first of her family sagas "Penmarric" (1971), which details the fortunes and disputes of the Penmar family in
After her return to England in 1980, Howatch found herself "rich, successful, and living exactly where I wanted to live," but feeling a spiritual emptiness which she ascribed to "trying to hold my divided self together" and questioning her life and what she should do with it. She had settled in
The Starbridge Series
This series of six books sets out to describe the history of the
The action of all six books centers around the fictional Anglican
The first three books of the series ("Glittering Images", "Glamorous Powers", "Ultimate Prizes") begin in the 1930s, and continue through the
"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 to secretly investigate possible sexual transgressions in the household of the Bishop of Starbridge by the
"Glamorous Powers" follows the story of Jonathan Darrow himself as he leaves the Fordite Order at age sixty following a powerful vision. He then must deal with his adult children's problems, address the question of a new intimate relationship, and search for a new ministry. His particular crisis surrounds the use and misuse of his charismatic powers of healing, and his unsettling mystical visions, or "showings".
"Ultimate Prizes" takes place during World War II. It is narrated by Neville Aysgarth, a young and ambitious Archdeacon of Starbridge from a working class background in the north of England. After being widowed and remarried, he too undergoes something of a breakdown but is rescued by Jonathan Darrow.
"Scandalous Risks" follows Aysgarth to a Canonry of Westminster Abbey and back to Starbridge, where he becomes Dean of the Cathedral and Ashworth becomes Bishop. It is narrated by Venetia Flaxton, a young aristocrat who risks great scandal by beginning a relationship with the married Aysgarth, her father's best friend.
"Mystical Paths" follows Nicholas Darrow, son of Jonathan, as he narrowly avoids going off the rails prior to his ordination while investigating the mysterious disappearance of Christian Aysgarth, eldest son of the Dean Aysgarth.
"Absolute Truths" comes full circle and is narrated by a much more elderly but still troubled Charles Ashworth, thirty one years after we first encounter him in the first of the books.
The St. Benet's Trilogy
The St. Benet's trilogy takes place in London of the 1980s and 1990s. Again, it illustrates the changes which took place in the Anglican Church in those years and brings back many of the characters in the Starbridge series. However, while the Church is still at the heart of the books, there is an increased emphasis on characters who are not members of the clergy. Like the six preceding books, each in the trilogy is written in the first person by a different narrator.
"A Question of Integrity" (given the title "The Wonder Worker" in the United States), picks up the story of Nicholas Darrow fifteen years after the last of the Starbridge novels. Nick is now rector of a church in the City of London where he runs a center for the ministry of healing. His own life is greatly affected by events taking place at the center, especially after meeting Alice Fletcher, an insecure new worker there, and he is forced to reassess his beliefs and commitments as a result.
"The High Flyer" narrates the story of a female City lawyer, Carter Graham, who "has it all". Her outwardly successful life, complete with highly compensated career and suitable marriage, undergoes profound changes after harrowing events smacking of the occult begin to occur, which reveal that things are not what they seem.
Finally, "The Heartbreaker" follows the life of Gavin Blake, a charismatic
Later life
Howatch has used some of the profits from her novels to found an academic post with the title 'Starbridge Lecturer in Natural Science and Theology' in the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University devoted to linking the fields of science and religion. The first holder of this post is the Reverend Dr. Fraser Watts, a psychologist and theologian.
Howatch was a lecturer in theology and natural sciences at Cambridge in 1992Fact|date=September 2008, and is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales at Lampeter and Sarum College in SalisburyFact|date=September 2008. She currently resides in
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Bibliography
* "The Dark Shore" (1965)
* "The Waiting Sands" (1966)
* "April's Grave" (1967)
* "Call in the Night" (1967)
* "The Shrouded Walls" (1968)
* "The Devil on Lammas Night" (1970)
* "Penmarric" (1971)
* "Cashelmara" (1974)
* "The Rich Are Different" (1977)
* "Sins of the Fathers" (1980)
* "The Wheel of Fortune" (1984)
The Starbridge Series
* "Glittering Images" (1987)
* "Glamorous Powers" (1988)
* "Ultimate Prizes" (1989)
* "Scandalous Risks" (1990)
* "Mystical Paths" (1992)
* "Absolute Truths" (1994)
The St. Benet's Trilogy
* "The Wonder Worker" (US title) / "A Question of Integrity" (UK title) (1997)
* "The High Flyer" (2000)
* "The Heartbreaker" (2004)
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