{"product_id":"the-light-years-9780671527938","title":"The Light Years","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis first novel in the beloved Cazalet Chronicles books introduces us to a multigenerational aristocratic English family--and the tangled lives of their in-laws, children, and servants--as their country teeters on the brink of World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the opening scene--the maids, in their thin flannel nightdresses, rising at dawn to prepare the family's morning tea--we are irresistibly drawn into the Cazalets' intimate world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1937, the coming war is only a distant cloud on the horizon. As the various Cazalet households prepare for their summer pilgrimage to the family estate in the Sussex countryside, we meet hearty Edward, in love with but by no means faithful to his good wife, Villy; Hugh, wounded in the Great War, devoted to pregnant Sybil; Rupert, who worships the body if not the mind of his demanding wife, Zoe; and Rachel, the unmarried sister, conducting a desperate clandestine love affair under the family roof. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Vivid and compulsively readable\" (\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e), this is a masterpiece in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eUpstairs, Downstairs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDownton Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Jane Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Cazalet Chronicle #1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.3lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.62w x 1.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780671527938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal Edition\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44567749722249,"sku":"9780671527938","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_43eaf7e6-2063-4544-85ba-593be67f9015.jpg?v=1756790686","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-light-years-9780671527938","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}