Falling (48 page)

Observer

‘A dazzling historical reconstruction’

Penelope Fitzgerald

‘A lyrical read full of period detail pricked with the sharp emotional intelligence for which Howard is rightly feted’

Literary Review

‘Howard has lost none of her creative imagination, none of her insight, none of her comedy and none of that rare and miraculous ability to magic us into a room with the
characters’

Spectator

‘Beautifully written and utterly engrossing’

Woman and Home

‘Howard’s brilliance lies in her forensic depiction of sexual and emotional loneliness’

Times Literary Supplement

‘A compelling insight into love, relationships and a fascinating time. It is a real treat’

Sunday Express

‘The Cazalets have earned an honoured place among the great saga families . . . rendered thrillingly three-dimensional by a master craftsman’

Sunday Telegraph

‘Charming, poignant and quite irresistible . . . to be cherished and shared’

The Times

‘Superb . . . hypnotic . . . very funny’

Spectator

‘A family saga of the best kind . . . a must’

Tatler

‘As polished, stylish and civilized as her many devotees would expect’

Julian Barnes

‘An intelligent and perceptive writer’

Peter Ackroyd

‘She writes brilliantly and her characters are always totally believable. She makes you laugh, she sometimes shocks, and often makes you cry’

Rosamunde Pilcher

FALLING

Elizabeth Jane Howard was the author of fifteen highly acclaimed novels. The Cazalet Chronicles –
The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion
and
Casting Off
– have become established as modern classics and have been adapted for a major BBC television series and most recently for BBC Radio 4. In 2002 Macmillan published Elizabeth Jane
Howard’s autobiography,
Slipstream.
In that same year she was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. She died in January 2014, following the publication of the fifth
Cazalet novel,
All Change.

ALSO BY ELIZABETH JANE HOWARD

Love All

The Beautiful Visit

The Long View

The Sea Change

After Julius

Odd Girl Out

Something in Disguise

Getting It Right

Mr Wrong

The Cazalet Chronicles

The Light Years

Marking Time

Confusion

Casting Off

All Change

Non-Fiction

The Lover’s Companion

Green Shades

Slipstream

I want to thank Sybille Bedford, my friend, Jane Wood, my editor, and Elliott Starks, my son-in-law, for their – different, but essential – support.

First published 1999 by Macmillan

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Copyright © Elizabeth Jane Howard 1999

Cover design: Katie Tooke, Pan Macmillan Art Department
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