Ultimate Prizes (Starbridge Book 3)
The third in Susan Howatch's Church of England novels, <i>Ultimate Prizes </i>begins in 1942 with the world at war, as narrator and archdeacon Nevill Aysgarth finds himself falling into a hopeless obsession over Dido Tallent, beautiful celebrity, and finds himself pursuing her through a swamp of guilt and the destruction of his valued moral compass. . . .<br /><br /><b>Praise for <i>Ultimate Prizes</i></b><br /><br />“I did not want to put the book down. . . . [Howatch] is a skilled storyteller who makes the reader wonder and care about her people.”<b>—<i>The Washington Post Book World</i></b><br /><br />“Thoughtful and thought-provoking . . . Almost every newspaper carries an article or two on the scandalous private life of a public figure. . . . <i>Ultimate Prizes</i> offers a look at both the sacred and profane aspects of religious life as it is lived on the front lines—the story just behind the front page.”<b>—<i>Chicago Tribune</i></b><br /><br />“Howatch writes thrillers of the heart and mind. . . . Everything in a Howatch novel cuts close to the bone and is of vital concern. . . . You’ll want to have tea with this wise, witty woman.”<b>—New Woman</b><br /><br />“Vibrant . . . The author of <i>Glittering Images</i> and <i>Glamorous Powers</i> scores a hat trick with this third novel in her series set amidst the ‘cut-and-thrust battles’ and ‘sheer Machiavellian skulduggery’ of the Church of England.”<b>—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b>