If I were sent to a desert island with one book this would be my choice
- Her Majesty Queen Camilla,
Charming, poignant and quite irresistible . . . to be cherished and shared
The Times
Elizabeth Jane Howard 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
- Hilary Mantel, author of <i>Wolf Hall</i>,
The Cazalets have earned an honoured place among the great saga families . . . rendered thrillingly three-dimensional by a master craftsman
Sunday Telegraph
Heartwarming and wise
Observer
A family saga of the best kind . . . a must
Tatler
Beautifully written and utterly engrossing
Woman & Home
Superb . . . hypnotic . . . very funny
Spectator
Evocative and gracefully written
Cosmopolitan
A dazzling historical reconstruction
- Penelope Fitzgerald, Booker Prize-winning author of <i>Offshore</i>,
This chronicle will be read, like Trollope, as a classic about life in England in our century
- Sybille Bedford, author of <i>A Legacy</i> and <i>Jigsaw</i>,
Gloriously addictive . . . Family loyalty, betrayals, triumphs, tragedy, births and deaths are all blissfully here, and you become emotionally absorbed in the fate of each character
Daily Mail