The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard
This first novel in the beloved Cazalet Chronicles books introduces us to a multigenerational aristocratic English family--and the tangled lives of their in-laws, children, and servants--as their country teeters on the brink of World War II.From the opening scene--the maids, in their thin flannel nightdresses, rising at dawn to prepare the family's morning tea--we are irresistibly drawn into the Cazalets' intimate world.
In 1937, the coming war is only a distant cloud on the horizon. As the various Cazalet households prepare for their summer pilgrimage to the family estate in the Sussex countryside, we meet hearty Edward, in love with but by no means faithful to his good wife, Villy; Hugh, wounded in the Great War, devoted to pregnant Sybil; Rupert, who worships the body if not the mind of his demanding wife, Zoe; and Rachel, the unmarried sister, conducting a desperate clandestine love affair under the family roof.
"Vivid and compulsively readable" (Sunday Telegraph), this is a masterpiece in the tradition of Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey.
Elizabeth Howard is a founding member of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management at the University of Oxford's Said Business School. She began working on retailing at the University of Newcastle after professional posts in town planning and went to Oxford in 1986, where she now creates and administers executive education programs. Her studies have focused on retail transition, shopping center development, and government regulations affecting retailing.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780671527938 |
| ISBN 10 | 0671527932 |
| Title | The Light Years |
| Author | Elizabeth Jane Howard |
| Series | Cazalet Chronicle Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 1995-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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