The Golden Hours - the Cazalet Chronicles: a Literary Legacy

The return of one of Britain's most cherished literary families is no small undertaking.Elizabeth Jane Howard's much-loved Cazalet Chronicles captivated generations of readers and were hailed by Hilary Mantel as "panoramic, expansive, intriguing".

They were also brought to the screen in the acclaimed BBC adaptation starring Lesley Manville, Hugh Bonneville and Anna Chancellor.Continuing the series then takes Chutzpah.

Who better, than Howard’s own niece, the acclaimed author, Louisa Young? Young picks up the saga in the Swinging Sixties with her spellbinding first novel in the new series, The Golden Hours.Rich in period detail, wit and emotional insight, the novel has been met with widespread acclaim, with Julie Myerson calling it "effortlessly authentic, pitch-perfect, funny, sexy and heart-wrenching."A former journalist whose novels have been longlisted for the Orange Prize and shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards, Young joins fellow journalist-turned-novelist and festival patron Kate Fenton to discuss literary inheritance, stepping into another writer's world, and breathing new life into one of fiction's most enduring family sagas.