Marking Time

Howard, Elizabeth Jane

£9.99

The second book in the landmark Cazalet Chronicles, previously a BBC radio and TV series. As war breaks out in Britain, Marking Time follows a family wondering if their lives will ever return to normal.

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Publish Date: 10/06/2021

Description

Beautifully and poignantly told, Marking Time is the second historical fiction 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

Additional information

Weight 436 g
Dimensions 197 × 132 × 41 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

xvii, 591

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.914 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K