Sách - Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard (UK edition, paperback)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Macmillan UK Origin: United Kingdom (Imported) ISBN 13: 9781529049435 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 624 Dimensons: 197 x 132 x 41 | 436 (gram) ---------------------------------------- Review QuoteIf I were sent to a desert island with one book this would be my choice Review QuoteCharming, poignant and quite irresistible . . . to be cherished and shared' Review QuoteShe is one of those novelists who shows, through her work, what the novel is for . . . She helps us to do the necessary thing – open our eyes and our hearts Review QuoteThe Cazalets have earned an honoured place among the great saga families . . . rendered thrillingly three-dimensional by a master craftsman Review QuoteSuperb . . . hypnotic . . . very funny Review QuoteEvocative and gracefully written Review QuoteA family saga of the best kind . . . a must Review QuoteA dazzling historical reconstruction Review QuoteThis chronicle will be read, like Trollope, as a classic about life in England in our century Review QuoteGloriously addictive . . . Family loyalty, betrayals, triumphs, tragedy, births and s are all blissfully here, and you become emotionally absorbed in the fate of each characterThe 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 dering if their lives will ever return to normal. Beautifully and poignantly told, Marking Time is the second novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling Cazalet Chronicles. Home Place, Sus, 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 Biographical NoteElizabeth Jane Howard was the author of fifteen highly acclaimed novels. The Cazalet Chronicles – The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion, Casting Off and All Change – have become established as modern classics and have been adapted for a major BBC television series and for BBC Radio 4. In 2000 she was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, and in 2002 Macmillan published her autobiography, Slipstream. She d, aged ninety, at home in Suffolk on 2 January 2014. Giá sản phẩm trên Tiki đã bao gồm thuế theo luật hiện hành. Bên cạnh đó, tuỳ vào loại sản phẩm, hình thức và địa chỉ giao hàng mà có thể phát sinh thêm chi phí khác như phí vận chuyển, phụ phí hàng cồng kềnh, thuế nhập khẩu (đối với đơn hàng giao từ nước ngoài có giá trị trên 1 triệu đồng).....