The Beautiful Visit
02 July 2015Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
As the First World War takes hold, a young girl comes of age in a troubled London. Capturing the longing, excitement and poignant comedy of adolescence, The Beautiful Visit is the debut novel from the beloved author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard.
'She helps us to do the necessary thing – open our eyes and our hearts' – Hilary...
Details
02 July 2015432 pages
9781447272205Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Interesting and original . . . Howard has true imagination and a kind of sensuous power. She creates a wonderful atmosphere of uneasiness and oppression; she can also draw scenes with ironic brilliance: hers seems to me to be a remarkable talent.Antonia White, author of Frost in May, New Statesman
Her talent seemed so effervescent, so unstoppable, that there was no predicting where it might take herHilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall
