Elizabeth Jane Howard

EL ÚLTIMO GRAN CLÁSICO DE LA NOVELA INGLESA DEL SIGLO XX«Los años ligeros es una joya literaria escondida para el lector español, la cima de la sofisticación británica». Fernando R. Lafuente, ABC «L

EL FINAL DE LA SAGALA CULMINACIÓN DEL ÚLTIMO GRAN CLÁSICO DE LA NOVELA INGLESA DEL SIGLO XX.«Los inolvidables Cazalet nos dan una lección de belleza y verdad como solo la literatura es capaz de plasm

TERMINA LA GUERRA, SIGUEN LOS CAZALETLA PORTENTOSA SAGA FAMILIAR QUE CULMINÓ LA NOVELA BRITÁNICA DEL SIGLO XX.«Los inolvidables Cazalet nos dan una lección de belleza y verdad como solo la literatura

EL ÚLTIMO GRAN CLÁSICO DE LA NOVELA INGLESA DEL SIGLO XX«Los años ligeros es una joya literaria escondida para el lector español, la cima de la sofisticación británica». Fernando R. Lafuente, ABC «L

«Con el tiempo sus Crónicas, como las de Trollope, se leerán como clásicos sobre la vida en Inglaterra». Sybille Bedford«Un formidable fresco histórico, social y personal donde un elenco de personaje

Una de las grandes novelas de la autora de las Crónicas de los Cazalet«Elizabeth Jane Howard se aproxima siempre a sus personajes con esa magistral mezcla de empatía y distanciamiento que solo ella e

LA MEJOR NOVELA DE LA AUTORA DE LAS CRÓNICAS DE LOS CAZALET.«Una construcción inmaculada, una observación impecable y una convincente e inexorable técnica narrativa». HILARY MANTEL«Cuando se publicó

The Light Years is the first novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling Cazalet Chronicles. Home Place, Sussex, 1937. The English family at home . . . For two unforgettable summers they gathered together, safe from the advancing storm clouds of the Second World War. In the heart of the Sussex countryside these were still sunlit days of childish games, lavish family meals and picnics on the beach. Three generations of the Cazalet family. Their relatives, their children and their servants - and the fascinating triangle of their affairs . . . Read the next books in the series, Marking Time, Confusion, Casting Off and All Change

With an introduction by Joanna Lumley Every 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 and childish games. But despite the idyllic setting, nothing can be done to soothe the siblings'' heartache: Hugh is haunted by the ravages of war, Edward by his latest infidelity and Rupert by his inability to please his demanding wife. Meanwhile, Rachel risks losing her only chance at happiness because of her unflinching loyalty to the family. Elegantly constructed and told with exceptional grace, The Light Years is a modern classic of contemporary English life and the beginning of an extraordinary family saga.

A novel of love and its fragility, and the strength of family love, from one of Britains most beloved authors.A beautiful, very moving, melancholic and elegiac novel set in the late 1960s in Melton, a small town in the West Country. The story revolves around a disparate group of people who come together there to establish an arts festival. There is Jack Curtis a self-made millionaire who has bought and refurbished the local stately home, Florence Plover, a garden designer in her sixties whom he has employed and her Anglo-Greek niece, Persephone. There are the Musgrove siblings, Thomas and Mary, whose family originally owned Melton Hall, who run a failing garden nursery nearby and there is Francis Brock, whose sister Celia, Thomass wife, was tragically killed in a car crash some years previously. This is the story of their intertwining relationships and how they come to love, and not to love each other in different ways and why - a perfect book to curl up and read by the fireside on an autumn afternoon and as satisfying a read as Brief Encounter is a film.

Elegantly constructed and told with exceptional grace, The Light Years is a modern classic of twentieth-century English life and is the first novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard's extraordinary, bestselling family saga The Cazalet Chronicles. Every 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. With cover artwork exclusively designed by artist Luke Edward Hall, this will be an edition to treasure.The Light Years is followed by Marking Time, the second book in the series. 'Charming, poignant and quite irresistible . .. to be cherished and shared' - Times

Juillet 1945. Deux mois après la fin de laguerre, la famille Cazalet décide de quitter Home Place pour retourner vivre à Londres. Pourtant, si la paix est enfin signée, rien ne sera jamais plus comme

Juillet 1937. À Home Place, au cœur du Sussex, jardiniers, femmes de chambre et cuisinière sont sur le pont. La Duche orchestre le ballet des domestiques avant l’arrivée de ses trois fils, Hugh, Edwa

Mars 1942. La guerre suit son cours. Sybil vient de succomber au cancer qui la rongeait. Rupert n’a plus donné signe de vie. Le quotidien à Home Place est rythmé par le deuil, les restrictions de nou

Septembre 1939. La famille Cazalet, réunie à Home Place, apprend l'entrée en guerre de l'Angleterre à la suite de l'invasion de la Pologne. On ferme les demeures londoniennes les unes après les autre