Set in the height of the Second World War, The Cazalet Chronicles continues with the third in the series, Confusion, where chaos has become a way of life for the Cazalet family.
'What magic transforms a book into a compelling, moving, unputdownable read? . . . Maybe my favourite books ever' - Marian Keyes, bestselling author of My Favourite Mistake
It’s 1942 and the dark days of war seem never-ending. Scattered across the still-peaceful Sussex countryside and air-raid-threatened London, the divided Cazalets begin to find the battle for survival echoing the confusion in their own lives.
Headstrong, independent Louise surprises the whole family when she abandons her dreams of being an actress and instead makes a society marriage. Polly, now living in London with Clary, is struggling to come to terms with the death of her mother and manage her grieving father. Meanwhile, Clary is painfully aware that what she lacks in beauty she makes up for in intelligence, and is the only member of the family who believes that her father might not be dead . . .
'She helps us to do the necessary thing – open our eyes and our hearts' – Hilary Mantel, bestselling author of The Mirror and the Light
Confusion is the heartbreaking and heartwarming third instalment of Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling series. It is followed by the fourth book in the series, Casting Off.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781529049459
Number of pages: 512
Weight: 344 g
Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 35 mm
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
She 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 Wolf Hall
The Cazalets have earned an honoured place among the great saga families . . . rendered thrillingly three-dimensional by a master craftsman - Sunday Telegraph
Superb . . . hypnotic . . . very funny - Spectator
Evocative and gracefully written - Cosmopolitan
A family saga of the best kind . . . a must - Tatler
A dazzling historical reconstruction - Penelope Fitzgerald, Booker Prize-winning author of Offshore
This chronicle will be read, like Trollope, as a classic about life in England in our century - Sybille Bedford, author of A Legacy and Jigsaw
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
I was looking forward to number 3 but I found myself getting very irritated by most of the characters. They all seem either extremely self centred or priggish ,the former probably because events are seen from their... More
I quite enjoyed the first two books in this series, but there was something lacking with this one. The pace is much too slow and very little happens. Added to that, as the young female characters age, they all seem to... More
A family at war – not with each other, but a family and those important to them during the Second World War. This is the war that seems to go on; not lessening in its effects of separation, reported death and... More
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