This third novel in Susan Howatch's "Church of England" saga follows the story of the Archdeacon Neville Aysgarth whose talent for his job seems to be his only virtue. As the novel unfolds, a very different man appears, one who has compassion and pity for the German prisoners of war. The author has also writen "Penmarric", "Cashelmara", "The Wheel of Fortune", "Glittering Images" and "Glamorous Powers".
- ISBN10 0006178006
- ISBN13 9780006178002
- Publish Date 22 February 1993 (first published 21 September 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 December 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Fontana Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 480
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk