- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- ISBN-10: 0007329598
- ISBN-13: 978-0007329595
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,797,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In the third of the Starbridge series we get a closer look at Neville Ayesgarth, who was at loggerheads with Jon Darrow in the second book. Here it is Ayesgarth's turn to be stripped apart and laid bare by Howatch's expert scalpel! I have to admit that though I didn't dislike this book, I didn't like it as much as others in the series. It began promisingly enough, with Neville falling under the spell of the young flibbertigibbet Dido. Dido - who later becomes famous in the series as a loose cannon - resists his advances until... well, that would be giving things away. I felt though that the second part of the book gets bogged down in the dissection of Neville's past. I found it not so interesting to read about his background as he tells it to his spiritual director; as such the characters who are so important to Neville - his mother, his father, Uncle Willoughby - never came alive for me and his recounting of them felt rather slow. However, it is still a great book and indispensable to the series. Read it - but read it third; after Glittering Images and Glamorous Powers!...
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In my view this is a quite exceptional novel. It combines a rattling good plot with a clear and provocative message about the baggage we may carry forward from our childhoods into our adult lives. It is one of the rare books which has changed my life for the better.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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great service and good quality second hand book, which arrived very quickly - thank you
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