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The Light Years

The Cazalet Chronicles, Book One

by Elizabeth Jane Howard & Elizabeth Day (introduction by)

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.

1937. 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 join their parents and unmarried sister Rachel to enjoy two blissful months at Home Place. 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 familial duties and his relationships that lie outside of the home. Rupert is in turmoil over his inability to please his new wife. Meanwhile, Rachel risks losing her only chance at happiness because of her unflinching loyalty to the family.

As the world they had known begins to slip away, this is the story of one family facing up to immense change--in themselves, and in the world.

This edition includes an introduction by Elizabeth Day.

Continue this dazzling historical drama with the next novel in the series, Marking Time.
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Pages:

576

Published:

9 Feb 2027

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Imprint

Picador

ISBN:

9781037409134

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.

1937. 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 join their parents and unmarried sister Rachel to enjoy two blissful months at Home Place. 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 familial duties and his relationships that lie outside of the home. Rupert is in turmoil over his inability to please his new wife. Meanwhile, Rachel risks losing her only chance at happiness because of her unflinching loyalty to the family.

As the world they had known begins to slip away, this is the story of one family facing up to immense change--in themselves, and in the world.

This edition includes an introduction by Elizabeth Day.

Continue this dazzling historical drama with the next novel in the series, Marking Time.
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