The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard
The first book in the landmark Cazalet Chronicles, previously a BBC radio and TV series. With the onset of war, The Light Years reveals a privileged family facing uncertain times.
Evocative and gracefully written * Cosmopolitan *
This chronicle will be read, like Trollope, as a classic about life in England in our century -- Sybille Bedford
She 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 hearts -- Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies
The Cazalets have earned an honoured place among the great saga families . . . rendered thrillingly three-dimensional by a master craftsman * Sunday Telegraph *
Charming, poignant and quite irresistible . . . to be cherished and shared * Times *
As polished, stylish and civilized as her many devotees would expect -- Julian Barnes, author of The Sense of an Ending
Superb . . . hypnotic . . . very funny * Spectator *
A family saga of the best kind . . . a must * Tatler *
A dazzling historical reconstruction -- Penelope Fitzgerald
This chronicle will be read, like Trollope, as a classic about life in England in our century -- Sybille Bedford
She 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 hearts -- Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies
The Cazalets have earned an honoured place among the great saga families . . . rendered thrillingly three-dimensional by a master craftsman * Sunday Telegraph *
Charming, poignant and quite irresistible . . . to be cherished and shared * Times *
As polished, stylish and civilized as her many devotees would expect -- Julian Barnes, author of The Sense of an Ending
Superb . . . hypnotic . . . very funny * Spectator *
A family saga of the best kind . . . a must * Tatler *
A dazzling historical reconstruction -- Penelope Fitzgerald
Elizabeth Jane Howard was the author of fifteen highly acclaimed novels. The Cazalet Chronicles – The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion, Casting Off and All Change – have become established as modern classics and have been adapted for a major BBC television series and for BBC Radio 4. In 2002 Macmillan published Elizabeth Jane Howard’s autobiography, Slipstream. In that same year she was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. She died, aged ninety, at home in Suffolk on 2 January 2014.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781509870592 |
| ISBN 10 | 1509870598 |
| Title | The Light Years |
| Author | Elizabeth Jane Howard |
| Series | Picador Classic |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2018-07-12 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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