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After Julius

A captivating British drama about life, healing, and moving on from the past

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After Julius

By: Elizabeth Jane Howard
Narrated by: Katherine Press
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From the lauded, bestselling author of The Cazalet Chronicles, After Julius is Elizabeth Jane Howard's funny yet touching story of a family brought together yet falling apart.

'A novel that commands both respect and applause' – Sunday Times


It is twenty years since Julius died, but his last heroic action still affects the lives of the people he left behind.

Emma, his youngest daughter, twenty-seven years old and afraid of men. Cressida, her sister, a war widow, blindly searching for love in her affairs with married men. Esme, Julius's widow, still attractive at fifty-eight, but aimlessly lost in the routine of her perfect home. Felix, Esme's old lover, who left her when Julius died and who is still plagued by guilt for his action. And then there is Dan – an outsider.

Throughout a disastrous – and revelatory – weekend in Sussex, the influence of the dead Julius slowly emerges . . .

'Her talent seemed so effervescent, so unstoppable, that there was no predicting where it might take her' - Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall

Classics Contemporary Family Life Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Funny
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A novel that commands both respect and applause
Her talent seemed so effervescent, so unstoppable, that there was no predicting where it might take her (Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall)
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So disappointing! I almost gave up on this book that I had loved when I read it years ago. Flat rendition by the narrator with an infuriating lift at the end of each sentence. Elizabeth Jane Howard deserves better!!

Dull narration kills the writing

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