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This historical novel about the Church of England from the New York Times –bestselling author follows a religious leader's doubt and possible fall from grace.1965. Charles Ashworth is Bishop of Starbridge in the decade known as the Swinging Sixties, famed for its sexual excesses, and he considers it his duty to preach regularly on the evils of fornication and adultery. Backed up by his efficient subordinates and ...

In this New York Times –bestselling saga set in nineteenth-century Ireland, a titled English family keep an estate in an era of famine and violent conflict.When Edward de Salis travels to America after the death of his first wife, he is astonished to find himself falling in love with Marguerite, a young woman many years his junior. Full of hope for the future, he returns to his Irish estate, Cashelmara, but in nineteenth-...

The New York Times –bestselling "grippingly readable" novel of wealth, greed, and power in post-WWII New York by the author of The Rich Are Different ( The Sunday Times ).Among the Wall Street elite, no name inspires as much awe and envy as Van Zale. The family's sprawling banking empire, run by the determined and talented Cornelius Va...

From the New York Times– bestselling author of Cashelmara : the "grippingly readable" historical saga of a noble English family torn apart ( The Sunday Times ).Overlooking the bleak cliffs of Cornwall is Penmarric, the ancestral home of Mark Castallack. The stunning gothic manor is the picture of English nobility, wealth, and comfort. B...

The "emotion-packed" New York Times –bestselling saga by the author of Cashelmara , set on a Welsh family estate in the early twentieth century ( San Francisco Chronicle ).Tucked in the hills of South Wales is Oxmoon, the ancestral estate of the Godwin family. In the summers before 1914, music streams through the family home as the Godw...

The New York Times– bestselling novel about a powerful Wall Street family in the 1920s and the illicit affair that threatens their empire.In public, Paul Van Zale and his partners at his Wall Street investment bank are exemplary citizens and pillars of the community. In private, however, their lives are riven by jealousy, ambition, hatred, and lust. When the clever and sexy Dinah Slade insinuates herself into Paul's life ...

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 ...

A young man's future as a priest depends on facing his past in this novel about the Church of England from the New York Times –bestselling author.1968. Proud of his psychic powers, Nicholas Darrow wants to follow in his father's footsteps by becoming an Anglican priest in the Starbridge diocese, famed for its magnificent cathedral. But pride goes before a fall, and when he attempts to use his powers to heal a you...

A devoted family man walks a self-destructive path in this historical novel about the Church of England from the New York Times –bestselling author.1942. Neville Aysgarth is a priest enjoying a successful career in the Church of England. As an archdeacon, he is the right-hand man of the Bishop of Starbridge. He returns to a comfortable home at the end of each day, greeted by his loving wife and family—rewards won...

Santa's Christmas Library gathers more than four hundred seasonal narratives, poems, carols, legends, and illustrated selections into a capacious archive of Christmas writing. Moving from folktale and devotional verse to domestic realism, fantasy, satire, and moral fable, the volume traces the holiday's literary transformations across languages and centuries. Canonical Christmas narratives stand beside fairy tales, hymns, children's literature, and lesser-known period pieces, while such la...

New York Times Bestseller: The first novel in the Cathedral of Starbridge saga about the history of the Church of England—and those who serve it.1937. At the request of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Reverend Dr. Charles Ashworth goes on an undercover mission to investigate the possibility of scandalous behavior by the Bishop of Starbridge, Dr. Alex Jardine. A powerful critic of the Church of England's hardline position on div...

In this historical novel from the New York Times –bestselling author, a young woman earns the attention—and obsession—of a Church of England clergyman.1963. Seeking meaning and purpose in her life in an era when traditional values are under attack, Venetia Flaxton arrives in Starbridge to stay with her best friend, whose father, Neville Aysgarth, is the renowned dean of the cathedral.For years, Venetia ha...