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The Wine of Angels Phil Rickman · 1998 · ★ 3.9 · 609p · ≈ 20h · Moderate ‘The red soil and the long, wooded hills… the twisted houses with old bones of blackened oak. And the apples. Why were apples so wholesome while the orchard was so oppressive?’ The new vicar had never wanted a picture-postcard parish. But appearances deceive. Ledwardine has a hidden history of abuse and murder, and Merrily Watkins might do well to heed the anonymous message that speaks of The… Shares: Women clergy, Clergy, Ghosts, England

The smile of a ghost Phil Rickman · 2005 · ★ 4.3 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate The border town of Ludlow has it all: exquisite medieval streets, an imposing ruined castle, a parish church the size of a cathedral and a weight of history and legend. Wealthy people, famous people, have come to Ludlow to live. A sad teenage boy comes here to die — dramatically, at sunset, in a fall from the ruins. Accident or suicide? Either way, no great mystery. Or is there? Robbie Walsh was… Shares: Women clergy, Ghosts

Glamorous powers Susan Howatch · 1988 · ★ 4.2 · 517p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Une visite attendue au roman ##Les belles apparences## et forme le deuxième tome d'une série romanesque inspirée par la pensé religieuse de William Ralph Inge. [SDM]. Shares: Clergy, England

A face at the window Dennis McFarland · 1997 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Moderate After sending their only daughter off to boarding school, Cookson Selway and his wife, Ellen, travel to London to escape their empty, echoing house. But their quiet hotel has guests other than those on the register, and a vacation intended to distract them from the present instead becomes a chilling confrontation with the past. Selway, an escapist with an alcoholic history and a gift for… Shares: Ghosts, England

The Warden Anthony Trollope · 1809 · ★ 3.9 · 250p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 1: The Warden The tranquil atmosphere of the cathedral town of Barchester is shattered when a scandal breaks concerning the financial affairs of a Church-run almshouse for elderly men. In the ensuing furore, Septimus Harding, the almshouse's well-meaning warden, finds himself pitted against his daughter's suitor Dr John Bold, a zealous local reformer. Matters… Shares: Clergy, England

The small house at Allington Anthony Trollope · 1864 · ★ 4.1 · 598p · ≈ 19h · Challenging The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 5: The Small House at Allington The Small House at Allington introduces Trollope's most charming heroine, the betwitching Lily Dale, onto the Barsetshire scene. She so endeared herself to readers of the Cornhill Magazine, where A Small House was first published in serial form, that Trollope was bombarded by letters begging him to marry her to her lifelong… Shares: Clergy, England

The Last Chronicle of Barset Anthony Trollope · 1867 · ★ 4.2 · 648p · ≈ 21h · Demanding The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 6: The Last Chronicle of Barset Shares: Clergy, England

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Laurence Sterne · 1760 · ★ 3.6 · 461p · ≈ 15h · Demanding Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it. Part novel, part digression, its gloriously disordered narrative interweaves the birth and life of the unfortunate 'hero' Tristram Shandy, the eccentric philosophy of his father Walter, the amours and military obsessions of Uncle Toby, and a host of other characters. Shares: Clergy, England

The Wisdom of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1913 · ★ 3.8 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Challenging "And the young woman of the house," asked Dr. Hood, with huge and silent amusement, "what does she want?" "Why, she wants to marry him," cried Father Brown, sitting up eagerly. "That is just the awful complication." "It is indeed a hideous enigma," said Dr. Hood. "This young James Todhunter," continued the cleric, "is a very decent man so far as I know; but then nobody knows very much. He is a… Shares: Clergy, England

Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope · 1815 · ★ 4.1 · 567p · ≈ 18h · Challenging The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 2: Barchester Towers Written as a sequel to "The Warden", this is the second book of the Barsetshire novels. Described as humorous, this wonderful novel that interweaves power, love, greed, and deceit in Barchester. Barchester Towers (1857) is the second of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire, the work in which, after a ten-year apprenticeship, Trollope… Shares: Clergy, England

The legacy of Cain Wilkie Collins · 1859 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Challenging At the request of a person who has claims on me that I must not disown, I consent to look back through a long interval of years and to describe events which took place within the walls of an English prison during the earlier period of my appointment as Governor. Shares: Clergy, England

The Allingham Minibus Margery Allingham · 1973 · ★ 5.0 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate In this collection of eighteen short stories, Queen of Crime Margery Allingham dabbles in the occult, the mysterious, and the murderous. Always the perceptive observer, Allingham fills these stories with astute characterisations, brilliant humour, and her classic wit. With a tribute by Agatha Christie, this Golden Age collection is sure to dazzle and delight fans of this master of detective… Shares: Ghosts, England

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