Glamorous Powers - (Starbridge) by Susan Howatch (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A minister endures a crisis of faith--and humanity--in this historical novel about the Church of England from the New York Times-bestselling author.

1940. Jon Darrow is an Anglican priest with psychic gifts and a fulfilling, well-ordered life. Suddenly, he receives a vision calling him to leave his monastery and embark on a journey which will require all his courage and strength--a quest to find a new life. Yet how can he be sure his psychic gifts--those glamorous powers--won't corrupt a new ministry in a world full of temptations and dominated by the Second World War?

Darrow begins to fear the vision was a delusion. But a passionate romance is waiting for him in the Starbridge diocese, and Darrow must decide what spiritual path he is meant to follow in a dark and dangerous world.

"Mesmerizing. . . . Holds the reader riveted." --The Washington Post

"Fascinating . . . convincing . . . believable." --Newsday

About the Author

Susan Howatch (b. 1940) is a British novelist who has penned bestselling mysteries, family sagas, and other novels. Howatch was born in Surrey, England. She began writing as a teen and published her first book when she moved to the United States in 1964. Howatch found global success first with her five sagas and then with her novels about the Church of England in the twentieth century. She has now returned to live in Surrey.