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Books if you loved the Cazelet Chronicles

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Freddorika · 28/02/2017 11:22

I wish I hadn't read them so that I could read them again Sad

Can anyone recommend anything?

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Freddorika · 05/03/2017 18:03

I'm enjoying the shell seekers but its missing the historical accuracy of the Cazelets. It's a very easy read!

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HappydaysArehere · 05/03/2017 15:59

Thank you for recommendations. I also enjoyed Delderfield years ago. Elena Ferrante sounds interesting as does Nora Lofts house trilogy.

Bue · 04/03/2017 18:06

Good thread. There's nothing quite like the Cazalets Smile but I'm looking forward to trying out some of these. I would love to see Kate Morton turn her hand to a family saga!

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Freddorika · 04/03/2017 12:16

I've just started the Shell Seekers. Perfect for curling up with. Thank you!

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AstrantiaMajor · 04/03/2017 10:41

Not really a Saga, but I loved The Perfume Collecor. A woman inherits a house in France and sets out to find the back story of the owner. It is very moving and well written.

woodhill · 04/03/2017 08:44

Loved the Cazalets particularly the last one which was set in the late 50s

Kate Morton is very good.

May try some of the suggested titles. I wish Susan Howatch would write a new novel.

BestIsWest · 04/03/2017 08:39

Diary is f An Ordinary Woman by Margaret Forster is very good too.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 03/03/2017 23:07

I also just remembered Kate Morton. Her books, particularly The House At Riverton and The Distant Hours, are really well written and perfect for curling up with a mug of tea.

AstrantiaMajor · 03/03/2017 08:38

R.F delderfield writes so beautifully. I read the first one which starts at the end of the Boar War. Now on the second one. He characters just live right in your heart. I am listening to them on Audible. The narrator accents for the different characters are incredible,

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 03/03/2017 08:02

Elizabeth Darrell's "At the going Down Of the Sun" series is very like the Cazalets. I also enjoy Beryl Kingston and Rosamund Pilcher.

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Freddorika · 03/03/2017 07:59

Thanks! I have ordered the shell seekers and also the Ballad and the source by Rosamund lehmann which sounds fantastic.

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loveday222 · 03/03/2017 07:47

I loved the Cazalet books. My guilty pleasure is Penny Vincenzi Grin she's has written lots of 'family saga' books, easy compelling slightly trashy but wonderful!

Bolshybookworm · 03/03/2017 07:30

Try the Tin Toys trilogy by Ursula Holden.

SatsukiKusakabe · 03/03/2017 07:28

I found the first one dull too and didn't get to the end or read any more.

SatsukiKusakabe · 03/03/2017 07:27

I found the first one dull too and didn't get to the end or read any more.

Igneococcus · 03/03/2017 06:27

I'm 78% through the second book of the Elena Ferrante series and I love it now but almost gave up during the first (My brilliant friend). I find it a much more difficult read than the Cazalet Chronicles but very satisfying.

HapShawl · 03/03/2017 06:15

If you want a series that covers a place/family through time, then Norah Lofts' House Trilogy is excellent - it covers about 600 years in the same house

JemimaMuddledUp · 03/03/2017 06:11

I struggled to finish the first one so not just you Happy. I really wanted to like them too.

OP have you read any Elena Ferrante? I'm currently reading My Beautiful Friend and it reminds me of the bits I did enjoy of the first Cazalet book.

BestIsWest · 03/03/2017 05:57

No, Happy. After a promising start, l found them interminably dull.

HappydaysArehere · 03/03/2017 00:22

Am I the only person who has found the Cazelets boring? Read the first one and was truly glad to have reached the end.

annandale · 28/02/2017 22:31

For the wartime era and the close investigation of people; The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning.
For the sadness; In the Springtime of the Year by Susan Hill.
For the tangle of interlocking stories, the physical details and the snobbery : Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
And yes, for the soap opera element, Rosamunde Pilcher. I've just read the Shell Seekers for the nth time but Coming Home is much soapier, in fact where is my copy...

BestIsWest · 28/02/2017 22:26

Diary of a Provincial Lady by EM Delafield.

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Freddorika · 28/02/2017 21:29

Thank you. I liked life after life but didn't love it.

Have ordered a couple of these, thank you

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MimsyBorogroves · 28/02/2017 16:28

Coming Home by Rosalind Pilcher? Still a guilty pleasure!

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