As featured on BBC Radio 4 Open BookA modern classic,The Light Years is a story of twentieth-century English life in the countryside and the first in Elizabeth Jane Howard's extraordinary,bestselling family saga The Cazalet Chronicles.'She helps us to do the necessary thing - open our eyes and our hearts'- Hilary Mantel,author of Wolf HallEvery summer,the Cazalet brothers - Hugh,Edward and Rupert - return to the family home in the heart of the Sussex countryside with their wives and children. There,they are joined by their parents and unmarried sister Rachel to enjoy two blissful months of picnics,games,and excursions to the coast. But despite the idyllic setting,nothing can be done to soothe the siblings'heartache: Hugh is haunted by the ravages of the Great War,Edward is torn between his wife and his latest infidelity,and Rupert is in turmoil over his inability to please his demanding wife. Meanwhile,Rachel risks losing her only chance at happiness because of her unflinching loyalty to the family.'Charming,poignant and quite irresistible...to be cherished and shared'- The TimesWith cover artwork exclusively designed by artist Luke Edward Hall,this is an edition to treasure. Continue the dazzling historical series with Marking Time and Confusion.
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781529049442Number of pages: 592Weight: 412 gDimensions: 197 x 130 x 39 mm
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If I were sent to a desert island with one book this would be my choiceCharming,poignant and quite irresistible...to be cherished and sharedShe is one of those novelists who shows,through her work,what the novel is for...She helps us to do the necessary thing - open our eyes and our heartsThe Cazalets have earned an honoured place among the great saga families...rendered thrillingly three-dimensional by a master craftsmanSuperb...hypnotic...very funnyEvocative and gracefully writtenA family saga of the best kind...a mustA dazzling historical reconstructionThis chronicle will be read,like Trollope,as a classic about life in England in our centuryGloriously addictive...Family loyalty,betrayals,triumphs,tragedy,births and deaths are all blissfully here,and you become emotionally absorbed in the fate of each character
Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Jane Austen of her time,Elizabeth Jane Howard wrote some of the most intimate,acute and penetrating novels of the Twentieth-Century including the book considered to be her masterpiece,The Long View,but she is best-known for herCazaletnovels,tracing a family from the 1930's through wartime and beyond.
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