Historical FictionLiterary Fiction

The Cazalet Chronicle

Elizabeth Jane Howard

5 books

Following the Cazalet family through the Second World War and its aftermath, Howard's chronicle is one of the great unsung masterpieces of English fiction — intimate, perceptive, and devastating in its portrait of class, marriage, and the hidden lives of women. Highly recommended by readers who loved Downton Abbey.

Reading Order

  1. 1.

    The Light Years

    Must be read in order — a continuous family saga.

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  2. 2.

    Marking Time

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  3. 3.

    Confusion

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  4. 4.

    Casting Off

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  5. 5.

    All Change

    Written 18 years after Casting Off — a moving finale.

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