<p><b><i>Slipstream</i> brilliantly illuminates the literary world of the latter half of the 20th century, as well as giving a highly personal insight into the life of Elizabeth Jane Howard, one of our most beloved British writers. </b><br><br>Elizabeth looks back over the course of her eventful life, providing a story of as full of love, passion and betrayal as her novels. Born in London in 1923, she was privately educated at home, moving on to short-lived careers as an actress and model, before writing her first acclaimed novel, <i>The Beautiful Visit</i>, in 1950. She has written many highly regarded novels, including <i>Falling</i> and <i>After Julius</i>. Her Cazalet Chronicles have become established as modern classics and were adapted for a major BBC television series and for BBC Radio 4. <br><br>She has been married three times – firstly to Peter Scott, the naturalist and son of Capt