Absolute Truths Mass market paperbound - 1996
by Susan Howatch
In 1965, Charles Ashworth has become bishop of Starbridge, and a staunt opponent of amorality and decadence. Then he finds himself tempted to commit the very acts he has denounced.
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"A SKILLFUL BLEND OF CHARACTER, PHILOSOPHY AND
NARRATIVE. . .Formidable personalities embroil themselves in ruthless power struggles that would make a corporate raider blush."--The Washington Post Book World
It is 1965, and Charles Ashworth has attained the plum position of bishop of Starbridge, an honor that keeps him in a heady whirl of activity that would exhaust the most seasoned corporate executive. With the invaluable support of his minions and his attractive, unsinkable wife, Ashworth stands against the amorality and decadence of the age--"Anti-Sex Ashworth." He slays his opponents by being a tough, efficient, confident churchman, the torments of his past long since dead and buried.And then the unexpected, the unthinkable, strikes.
Suddenly Ashworth finds himself staring into the chasm of all the lies hes been telling himself for years: about his marriage, his children, even his views on the Church. And as he suspects his old nemesis and dean, Neville Aysgarth, of drinking too much, of financial chicanery, of--God forbid--having an affair, Ashworth discovers to his horror that he is tempted to commit the very acts that he has so publicly denounced. . . .
"ENTHRALLING. . .Rich, dense, almost indecently entertaining."--San Jose Mercury News
"POWERFUL. . .MIRACULOUS."--Booklist (starred review)
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- Title Absolute Truths
- Author Susan Howatch
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 640
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Fawcett Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1996-05-01
- ISBN 9780449225554 / 0449225550
- Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 6.82 x 4.11 x 1.19 in (17.32 x 10.44 x 3.02 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97811149
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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