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Susan Howatch (July 14 1940-) is an author. She is mainly known for writing Family saga-type novels which follow related characters over large amounts of time.
Susan Howatch was born in Surrey, England, and went to school at Sutton High School. She obtained a degree in law from the King's College, London in 1961. She emigrated to the United States in 1964, where she married and began her career as a writer. She left the United States in 1975 and separated from her husband. She lived for a while in the Republic of Ireland before moving to England in 1980. Her first novel was The Dark Shore, published in 1965. There followed several other gothic novels before she published the first of her family sagas Penmarric (1971), which tells of the fortunes and disputes of Cornish Penmar family in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly over which branch of the family controls the mansion of Penmarric. The family fortune was made in the Cornish tin mining industry, which is discussed throughout one of the six parts, each with a different character as narrator. As made clear by the chapter headings, the fortunes of the family closely parallel the Plantagenet family, including Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, with the mansion representing the throne.
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Blackstone Audiobooks: Susan Howatch - Nadia May reviews The Rich Are Different and Roe Kendall reviews Mystical Paths for author's audiobooks.
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BookEnds: Susan Howatch - Harry Doherty interviews the author regarding her change in writing style and her change in life.
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Catharton: Susan Howatch - Includes articles, links to websites, and a list of the author's books. Also contains message board, mailing list, and chat rooms for fans to discuss the author's works.
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Cybamuse Independent Book Reviews: Susan Howatch - Five of the author's books are reviewed, and seven of the author's books are rated.
Fortune City: Susan Howatch - A fan page containing the author's bibliography, pictures, and listing of books.
HarperCollins Publishers: Susan Howatch - Contains bibliography and book reviews for two of the author's series of books set in the fictional cathedral town of Starbridge.
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IMDb: Susan Howatch - Contains information on Penmarric, the 1979 United Kingdom television series based on author's book of the same title.
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January Magazine: Susan Howatch - A magazine article in which the book, The High Flyer, is reviewed by Linda Richards.
OxfordBooks: Susan Howatch - Contains brief book reviews and descriptions for many of the author's books and a short biography.
Reading Group Guide: Susan Howatch - Includes bibliography and an interview with the author regarding her book, The Wonder Worker.
Standard Review: Susan Howatch - Book review of the author's book, Glittering Images, in the Starbridge series.
The Morehouse Group: Susan Howatch - The author edits the book, To Jerusalem, written by R. Somerset Ward.
Touchstone Magazine: Susan Howatch - The author is interviewed by David W. Virtue regarding her book, The Wonder Worker.
Yahoo Groups: Susan Howatch - Contains discussion forum and mailing list.
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