The plot concerns the Godwin family and their obsession to possess the family estate Oxmoon, which represents the throne of England. It is a modern retelling of the story of the Black Prince, John of Gaunt, Richard II and Henry IV and V, so as you can imagine there is quite a lot of drama and murder. Although I did read that actually the Church of England Starbridge novels are her most popular according to Wikipedia which seems a mystery to me.Īnyway the brilliant Wheel of Fortune is a family saga set in Gower. I was reading on wikipedia that “she experienced a spiritual epiphany, and concluded that she should continue to write novels, but to “set forth my discoveries in the light of faith”, which show why some of her books might be more boring. All of her historical family sagas are great but she did seem to go through some religious conversion or something in the 90s and her most recent books became a bit moralistic and not as engaging. Now admittedly the cover of the 1980s edition isn’t great and makes you look as if you are reading trash, but don´t let this put you off as it is a fantastic book. As a teenager I LOVED Susan Howatch and even now when I reread either this book, or her other sagas Penmarric or Cashelmara I still love her. Karl looked at the cover of this and said “what are you reading this trash for?”.
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