Strangers and Brothers
Time of Hope
The first of C. P. Snow's magnificent Strangers and Brothers sequence, set between 1914 and 1933, narrating Lewis Eliot's childhood and early days as a lawyer in London.
George Passant
The second book in C. P. Snow's magnificent Strangers and Brothers sequence. Set between 1925 and 1933, it narrates the rise and fall of an idealistic solicitor's clerk in a small provincial town.
Conscience of the Rich
The third book in C. P. Snow's magnificent Strangers and Brothers sequence. Set between 1927 and 1936, it tells the story of Charles March, the reluctant heir to a Jewish banking dynasty.
Light and the Dark
The fourth book in C. P. Snow's magnificent Strangers and Brothers sequence. Set between 1935 and 1943, it tells the story of Roy Calvert, a brilliant Cambridge academic, and his struggle with depression.
Masters
The prize-winning fifth book in C. P. Snow's Strangers and Brothers sequence. Set in 1937, it follows the struggle for the mastership of a Cambridge college.
New Men
The prize-winning sixth novel in C. P. Snow's magnificent Strangers and Brothers sequence. Set between 1939 and 1946, it follows the lives and loves of men caught up in developing the nuclear bomb.
Homecomings
The seventh book in C. P. Snow's magnificent Strangers and Brothers sequence. Set between 1938 and 1951, it continues the story of Lewis Eliot's life - amidst passion and conflict in wartime London.
Affair
The eighth book in C. P. Snow's magnificent Strangers and Brothers sequence. Set in 1953-4 and returning to the Cambridge college that formed the background of The Masters, it tells the story of a terrible miscarriage of justice.
Corridors of Power
The ninth novel in C. P. Snow's magnificent Strangers and Brothers series. Set between 1955 and 1958 it tells the story of Roger Quaife, Whitehall diplomat and expert manipulator.
Sleep of Reason
The penultimate book in C. P. Snow's magnificent Strangers and Brothers sequence. Set between 1963 and 1964, it sees Lewis Eliot return to the provincial town of his childhood and become entangled in the aftermath of a terrible murder.
Last Things
The final novel in C. P. Snow's magnificent Strangers and Brothers sequence, in which Lewis Eliot, reflective after nearly dying on the operating table, passes the mantle of responsibility on to his son.