num_pages: 432
description: Three generations of Cazalets spend each summer in their family houseHome Place, Sussex. For two unforgettable summers they are safe from the advancing storm clouds of the Second World War. These are sunlit days of childish games, lavish family meals and picnics on the beach.
language: English
title: The Light Years
titlecomplete: The Light Years (Cazalet Chronicles, #1)
genres: Fiction, Historical, Family, War, British Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, World War II
ratings_count: 14355
places: Sussex, England
series: Cazalet Chronicles
publisher: Pan MacMillan