The Light Years

Elizabeth Jane Howard

Original title: The Light Years (Cazalet Chronicle)

first published 1993 Pan Books, 2001 paperback 432 pages

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...

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The Light Years (Cazalet Chronicle) paperback · 2001 · Pan Books · 432 pages · 9780330488525
The Light Years (Cazalet Chronicle) paperback · 1993 · Pan Books · 432 pages · 9780330323154
Light Years (Cazalet Chronicle) audiobook · 1993 · G K Hall Audio Books · 9781560548591

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