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The Golden Hours

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‘I'm overjoyed to have this . . . The Golden Hours is a wonderful read’ – Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina

Continuing the story of one of the most beloved families in British literature, The Golden Hours is the brilliant new novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s iconic Cazalet Chronicles written by her niece, the bestselling author Louisa Young.

Our lives have changed so much . . .

It’s December 1962, and the Cazalet family are gathering to celebrate Christmas. With the family’s beloved Home Place long sold, Polly and Gerald have offered up their rambling stately pile, Fakenham Hall in Norfolk, to parents, siblings, cousins and children.

The old guard – brothers Hugh, Edward, Rupert and their sister Rachel – look on as the England they knew and understood fades from view. Cousins Polly, Louise and Clary, all now on the brink of turning forty, are struggling to balance the demands of midlife with their personal desires – however secret. And then there are the young – a new generation growing up in a society on the cusp of real change.

In this spellbinding novel, familiar faces reappear, newcomers are introduced, and the legacy of the Cazalets carries on into the Swinging Sixties.

‘Effortlessly authentic, pitch-perfect, funny, sexy and heart-wrenching, I can't remember the last time I lost myself so deliciously in a novel!’ - Julie Myerson, author of Something Might Happen

Critics Review

I’m overjoyed to have this new volume in the Cazalet Chronicles. The Golden Hours is a wonderful read
Nina Stibbe, bestselling author of Love, Nina
Effortlessly authentic, pitch-perfect, funny, sexy and heart-wrenching, I can't remember the last time I lost myself so deliciously in a novel!
Julie Myerson, author of Something Might Happen
A book full of pleasures
Susie Boyt, author of Loved and Missed
Magnificent – a sweeping, arresting continuation of a dearly beloved series, and a majestic tribute to Elizabeth Jane Howard
Stacey Halls, bestselling author of The Familiars
A formidable task to undertake, Louisa Young has triumphed. The Golden Hours is so beautifully written and emotionally acute, it had me enraptured. The Cazalets live again, summoned into being by the surest and cleverest of authors
Elizabeth Buchan, author of Bonjour, Sophie
The Golden Hours is quite simply marvellous. By some magic, Louisa Young has acquired Elizabeth Jane Howard's touch. It seemed impossible that I would love these Cazalets as much as I love the originals, but I honestly do
Christobel Kent, author of The Loving Husband
Louisa Young is the great chronicler of romantic love and the pain of its loss
Linda Grant, author of When I Lived in Modern Times, on Twelve Months and a Day
Young possesses in abundance emotional conviction, pace and imaginative energy
The Guardian
The Cazalets have earned an honoured place among the great saga families
Sunday Telegraph
Maybe my favourite books ever
Marian Keyes, bestselling author of My Favourite Mistake, on The Cazalet Chronicles
Author Louisa Young
Narrator Indira Varma
Duration 12 hours and 30 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781035068913
Format Audiobook
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Genre Classic fiction, Family life fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Generational sagas, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Romance: wholesome
Availability GB, IE

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