Marking Time (Cazalet Chronicles #2)

by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Overview

From Simon & Schuster, Elizabeth Jane Howard's Marking Time is the next chapter in the Cazalet Chronicles perfect for any lovers of historical fiction and one that will not disappoint.

The wonderful sequel to The Light Years returns readers to Britain in September, 1939, as war breaks out. Sheltered Louise, now 16, goes from cooking school to London parties.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780671527945
Publisher:	Atria Books
Publication date:	07/01/1995
Series:	Cazalet Chronicles Series , #2
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	271,534
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Jane Howard CBE FRSL, was a novelist.

Editorial Reviews

With great historical accuracy, this second installment in the Cazalet Chronicle follows The Light Years . (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

In 1937 the three Cazelet brothers gather their respective families and head for the family manse in the heart of Sussex for their annual summer holiday. Howard is expert at creating detailed physical environments for her characters, habitats that often reveal just as much about the Cazelets as their words or actions do. The publisher compares The Light Years to Rosamund Pilcher's recent best seller The Shell Seekers (LJ 1/88), but the characters on the whole lack the passion, warmth, and depth of feeling of Pilcher's. Howard's family saga is well written, however; she has considerable literary talent. A sequel concentrating on the interesting scions of the Cazelet dynasty would be welcome. Recommended.-- Lydia Bur ruel Johnson, Mesa P.L., Ariz.

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