Melvyn Bragg
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Back in the Day
Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world. 'The best thing…
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For Want of a Nail
'A strikingly taut and intense first novel' London Review of Books 'A vivid and totally original imagination . . . brilliant' Scotsman Growing up in…
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Without a City Wall
Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 'Profoundly moving' The Times 'Bragg excels himself here' Financial Times Disillusioned with his successful life in London, Richard…
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The Second Inheritance
'The effect of the book is massive . . . loving, deep and perceptive' Sunday Times 'Bragg has a very sure touch with his characters:…
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Josh Lawton
'Brilliant' Daily Telegraph 'The book is exciting . . . a pleasure to be remembered' Financial Times At once a love story and a portrayal…
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The Silken Net
'Rosemary is an outstanding creation' Sunday Telegraph 'Bragg writes with a timelessness' Financial Times Half-French and with an agile, inquiring mind, Rosemary Lewis cannot help…
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The Maid of Buttermere
'This is historical fiction with a human face' Peter Ackroyd, The Times 'A vivid and erudite tour de force' Penelope Lively, Booker Prize-winning author of…
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A Love Letter to Europe
How are great turning points in history experienced by individuals? As Britain pulls away from Europe great British writers come together to give voice to…
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Love Without End
'Melvyn Bragg's account of the passionate and painful love affair between the 12th century radical theologian, Peter Abelard, and the brilliant young convent-educated Eloise springs…
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Now is the Time
In this gripping novel, Melvyn Bragg brings an extraordinary episode in English history to fresh, urgent life. At the end of May 1381, the fourteen-year-old…
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The Adventure Of English
REISSUED AS A SCEPTRE 30TH CLASSIC, with a new afterword by the author. English is the collective work of millions of people throughout the ages.…
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Grace and Mary
Reaching from late 19th-century Cumbria to the present, this elegiac novel celebrates two spirited women: Grace, a farm labourer's daughter who fatefully followed her heart,…
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The Book of Books
The King James Bible has often been called the Book of Books both in itself and in what it stands for. Since its publication in…
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The South Bank Show: Final Cut
What drives a musician to write extraordinary songs? How do writers create their worlds? How does an actor achieve greatness? For over thirty years of…
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In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time series regularly enlightens and entertains substantial audiences on BBC Radio 4. For this book he has selected episodes which reflect…
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Rich: The Life of Richard Burton
Richard Burton: star. The roaring boy from the Welsh coal valleys who came to sport on the banks of the old Nile, playing great Antony…
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The Soldier’s Return
THE FIRST NOVEL IN 'ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED LITERARY SERIES IN RECENT TIMES' (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH) 'His masterpiece' Sunday Times 'Outstandingly good' Scotsman 'A great…
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Remember Me…
THE FINAL NOVEL IN 'ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED LITERARY SERIES IN RECENT TIMES' (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH) 'Eclipses anything Bragg has written before' Daily Mirror 'Utterly…
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A Son of War
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE THE SECOND NOVEL IN 'ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED LITERARY SERIES IN RECENT TIMES' (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH) 'A novel of remarkable…
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12 Books That Changed The World
'An inspiring, fascinating and stimulating book' Irish Times 'Bragg writes with passion . . . exciting and accessible' Independent When we think of great events…
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Credo
'A gripping saga of great passion' The Times 'As splendid a ripping yarn as any of the best classics' Daily Telegraph 'I loved it .…
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On Giants’ Shoulders
The fascinating story of science unfolds in this account of the lives and extraordinary discoveries of twelve of its greatest figures - Archimedes, Galileo, Newton,…
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Crossing The Lines
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE THE THIRD NOVEL IN 'ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED LITERARY SERIES IN RECENT TIMES' (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH) 'An enormously important piece…
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Time To Dance
A lifetime of restraint and placid affection erupts when a retired bank manager falls for a young girl, as far removed from him in background…
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Kingdom Come
BOOK THREE IN THE CUMBRIAN TRILOGY 'An uncommonly high talent' Guardian 'An ambitious, panoramic novel' Daily Telegraph Douglas Tallentire has at last achieved what his…
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The Hired Man
BOOK ONE IN THE CUMBRIAN TRILOGY 'An intensely moving, deeply worked book' Sunday Telegraph 'Extraordinary' The Times Set in Cumbria and covering the period from…
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The Cumbrian Trilogy
Melvyn Bragg's celebrated trilogy - THE HIRED MAN, A PLACE IN ENGLAND and KINGDOM COME - traces four generations of Tallentire history: from John in…
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Autumn Manoeuvres
Jimmie Johnston first became a Labour MP in Cumbria when there was a brave new post-war world to build. Now, in the late 70s, another…
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Crystal Rooms
Young Harry, an orphan from an impoverished council estate, becomes the link between starkly contrasting worlds: north and south, the deprived and the over-privileged, the…
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The Nerve
One August bank holiday, Ted Johnson wakes to a day of reckoning - with his past in Cumberland, his present in London and his fantasies.…