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The Washington Post Book World has proclaimed that "Susan Howatch may well become the Anthony Trollope of the twentieth century." Now, in Scandalous Risks, Howatch returns us to the English town of Starbridge, home to a great medieval cathedral and the religious,... Read Full Overview

The fourth book in Howatch's stunning sequence of novels which began with Glittering Images returns to the English town of Starbridge, where the gothic Cathedral rises majestically, and the aging Dean of the Cathedral takes scandalous risks with his closest friend's daughter... Read Full Overview

In the overheated 1960s in the English town of Starbridge, young Venetia Flaxton edges closer to a love affair with Neville Aysgarth, who is Dean of the Cathedral and old enough to be her father. His hidden emotional past and her moral conflict in the present lead them deeper... Read Full Overview

In 1963, when traditional values are under attack, Venetia, a young woman, becomes involved with the Dean of Starbridge Cathedral. But as a married man, he has nothing to offer her, and Venetia finds herself trapped in a web of love and lies.