Book 1

The Light Years

by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Published 9 July 1990

Elegantly constructed and told with exceptional grace, The Light Years is Elizabeth Jane Howard’s modern classic of contemporary English life and the beginning of an extraordinary family saga.

With an introduction by Joanna Lumley.

Every summer, the Cazalet brothers, Hugh, Edward and Rupert, return to the family home in the heart...

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Book 2

Marking Time

by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Published 7 November 1991

Marking Time is the second novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling Cazalet Chronicles.

Home Place, Sussex, 1939. The English family at war . . .

The sunlit days of childish games and family meals are over, as the shadows of war roll in to cloud the lives of one English...

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Book 3

Confusion

by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Published 5 November 1993

Confusion is the third novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling Cazalet Chronicles.

London and Sussex, 1942. The privileged English family in turmoil . . .

The long, dark days of struggle provide the poignant background to the third book of the Cazalet Chronicles. As the war enters its fourth year,...

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Book 4

Casting Off

by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Published 10 November 1995
Casting Off is the fourth novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling Cazalet Chronicles.

The aftermath of war, and the slow dawning of a new era of freedom and opportunity, shape the destinies of the Cazalets in the fourth volume of this magnificent family saga.

Polly, Clary and...Read more