Elizabeth Jane Howard

La última gran saga familiar de la literatura inglesa del siglo XX.«La cima de la sofisticación británica. No pasa nada en la vieja y señorial casa de campo de los Cazalet y resulta que pasa todo».

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

La última gran saga familiar de la literatura inglesa del siglo XX.«La cima de la sofisticación británica. No pasa nada en la vieja y señorial casa de campo de los Cazalet y resulta que pasa todo».

«Las novelas de Elizabeth Jane Howard son panorámicas, expansivas, intrigantes como historia social y generosas en su narración, los frutos de una escritora que conocía su objetivo y tenía la resiste

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.

Septembre 1939. Réunie à Home Place, la famille Cazalet apprend l'entrée en guerre de l'Angleterre à la radio. On ferme les demeures londoniennes les unes après les autres pour se mettre à l'abri dan

The Second World War has finally ended and so begins a new era of freedom and opportunity for the Cazalet family. Elizabeth Jane Howard's magnificent Cazalet Chronicles continues with Casting Off, the fourth novel in the saga. The Cazalet cousins are now in their twenties, trying to piece together their lives in the aftermath of the war.Louise is faced with her father's new mistress and her mother's grief at his betrayal, while suffering in a loveless marriage of her own. Clary is struggling to understand why her beloved father chose to stay in France long after it was safe to return to Britain, and both she and Polly are madly in love with much older men. Polly, Clary and Louise must face the truth about the adult world, while their fathers - Rupert, Hugh and Edward - must make choices that will decide their own, and the family's, future.With cover artwork exclusively designed by artist Luke Edward Hall, this is the heartbreaking and heartwarming fourth instalment of Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling series. It is followed by All Change, the fifth and final book in the series. 'Charming, poignant and quite irresistible .. . to be cherished and shared' - The Times

All Change is the fifth and final volume in Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling The Cazalet Chronicles, where the old world begins to fade from view and a new dawn emerges. It is the 1950s and as the Duchy, the Cazalets' beloved matriarch, dies, she takes with her the last remnants of a disappearing world - houses with servants, class, and tradition - in which the Cazalets have thrived. Louise, now divorced, becomes entangled in a painful affair, while Polly and Clary must balance marriage and motherhood with their own ideas and ambitions.Hugh and Edward, now in their sixties, are feeling ill-equipped for this modern world, while Villy, long abandoned by her husband, must at last learn to live independently. But it is Rachel, who has always lived for others, who will face her greatest challenges yet. As the Cazalets descend on Home Place for Christmas, only one thing is certain: nothing will ever be the same again.With cover artwork exclusively designed by artist Luke Edward Hall, this is the heartbreaking and heartwarming final instalment of Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling series. '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

Beautifully and poignantly told, Marking Time is the second novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling Cazalet Chronicles. Home Place, Sussex, 1939. As the shadows of the Second World War roll in, banishing the sunlit days of childish games and trips to the coast, a new generation of Cazalets take up the family's story.Louise, who dreams of becoming a great actress, finds herself facing the harsh reality that her parents have their own lives with secrets, passions and yearnings. Clary, an aspiring writer, learns that her beloved father is now missing somewhere on the shores of France. And sensitive, imaginative Polly feels stuck - stuck without a vocation, stuck without information about her mother's illness, stuck without anything except her nightmares about the war.With cover artwork exclusively designed by artist Luke Edward Hall, this is the second volume of the extraordinary Cazalet Chronicles and a perfect addition to your collection. Marking Time is followed by Confusion, the third book in the series. 'Charming, poignant and quite irresistible .. . to be cherished and shared' - Times

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

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

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

Juillet 1937, Sussex. Dans la propriété de Home Place, la Duche, affairée avec ses domestiques, prépare l'arrivée de la famille au grand complet : ses trois fils, Hugh, Edward et Rupert Cazalet, sont en chemin depuis Londres avec epouses, enfants et gouvernantes. Entre pique-niques sur la plage et soirees aupres du gramophone, les intrigues familiales se succedent. Aux preoccupations des adultes font echo les inquietudes des enfants, et a la resilience des femmes repond la toute-puissance - ou l'impuissance - des hommes.L'ete regorge d'incertitudes mais, sans l'ombre d'un doute, une nouvelle guerre approche...

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