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Summary: The sleepy village of Dibley was blindsided back in 1994 by the arrival of its new vicar, who dared to be a woman! Over the twelve ensuing years, with the help of sharp wit, a double dose of double entendre, and a healthy supply of chocolate, she gradually won the hearts of even the crustiest of the town's eccentric inhabitants.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV VIC

Howatch, Susan.

Summary: A tale of intrigue in the Church of England by a writer who has been called the ecclesiastical Le Carre. The protagonist is Bishop Ashworth, a staunch defender of traditional morality. But when catastrophe overwhelms him, Ashworth's principles are revealed to be only a facade. Sixth volume in a sextet which began with Glittering Images.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1995

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOW

Charles, Kate.

Summary: In England, a mystery centered on a church in a Norfolk village. On Sunday, the congregation prays together, during the week they play dirty tricks on each other--from obscene calls to the vicar's wife, to murder. The vicar calls in two sleuths to unmask the evil members. They are lawyer David Middleton-Brown and artist Lucy Kingsley.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1996

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHA

Trollope, Anthony

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1992

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TRO

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TRO

Furber, Rosemary.

Summary: A dark novel for adults that raises disturbing questions about faith and religion. Freelance journalist Patrick Price-Johnson reveals from prison, where he's remanded on a murder charge, how he became obsessed with the Rev. Helen Halberd.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Maia 2009

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FUR

Summary: After failing to have his marriage to Katherine annulled, Henry appoints himself the head of the Church of England. Anne Boleyn insists that Henry remove the Queen from the picture. A royal visit to France finally prompts Anne to consummate her relationship with Henry. After failed attempts to have his marriage annulled, Henry's patience finally wears out and he marries Anne in secret. The king...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TUD

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TUD

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Tudors

Lawton, Wendy.

Summary: Imagines the search for faith experienced by the ten-year-old blind daughter of John Bunyan, author of "Pilgrim's Progess," during her father's imprisonment for preaching found contrary to the edicts of the Church of England.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Moody Press 2002

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC LAW

Summary: Chancellor of England, Sir Thomas More, is placed in a difficult position when Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church over its refusal to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn. Henry demands More's endorsement of this act. Torn between his conscience and duty to the crown, Sir Thomas chooses to say nothing.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007

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Howatch, Susan.

Summary: A handsome clergyman's vows are tested when a needy woman appears in his church. He is Nicholas Darrow of the Church of England who runs a ministry of healing in London. Proud of his ability to handle temptation, Darrow discovers he is weak. By the author of Absolute Truths.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1997

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOW

Weir, Alison

Summary: "Young Henry began his rule as a magnificent and chivalrous Renaissance prince who embodied every virtue. He had all the qualities to make a triumph of his kingship, yet we remember only the violence. Henry famously broke with the Pope, founding the Church of England and launching a religious revolution that divided his kingdom. He beheaded two of his wives and cast aside two others. He died a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WEI

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WEI

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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC WEI

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