![]() As Robert discovers, his rational, well-ordered mind will be forever altered by his obsession for Ginevra, and his destiny will be forever linked to Oxmoon by the skeletons which lurk in the family closet.For fifty years, from the sinister summer afternoon of 1913 to the 1960s, the Godwin family are sucked into a maelstrom of passion, disorder, madness and murder. "Robert Godwin's tumultuous ride on the Wheel of Fortune begins with his passion for his sensual cousin Ginevra, as they waltz to 'The Blue Danube' beneath the chandeliers at Oxmoon, his beloved family home in Wales. I have read it twice now separated by several years. It covers the period before the First World War to the late 1960s. The Wheel of Fortune (Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London, 1984 represents the last of her books and is long (some 1,100 pages). They usually involve some kind of psychological conflict or obsession, and stretch over several generations. ![]() Her first novel, I think, was Penmarric but her work greatly matured after this. Some of these are about religious conflicts, the so-called Starbridge Novels inspired by living in Salisbury (like Sins of the Fathers and Mystical Paths), or about family feuds, often spanning generations like The Rich are Different. ![]() ![]() Susan Howatch is the author of several books centred on conflict within families. ![]()
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