After Julius is the story of a mother and 2 daughters who gather with a few guests for the weekend at the family home in the English countryside. It is 20 years since Julius, the father of the family, died a hero in World War II. Over the course of the weekend, the relationships between the women and the men in their lives come into focus, the past is revisited, secrets come out into the open and the dead war hero’s lingering influence is felt by all his family. ”A novel that commands both respect and applause” - The Sunday Times Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923 – 2014), was an English novelist. She was the author of 12 novels as well as TV scripts for Upstairs, Downstairs. The dust jacket is torn at spine and has a damp stain at the back, otherwise the book is in good condition. Binding is intact. Published by Reprint Society in 1967.