In 1937, the coming war is only a distant cloud on Britains horizon. As the Cazalet households prepare for their summer pilgrimage to the family estate in Sussex, readers meet Edward, in love with but by no means faithful to his wife Villy; Hugh, wounded in the Great War; Rupert, who worships his lovely child-bride Zoe; and Rachel, the spinster sister. Paperback , 418 pages Published November 5th 1993 by Pan Macmillan (first published 1990)