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12 Books That Changed the World by Melvyn Bragg
Category: Culture
When we think of great events in the history of the world, we tend to think of war, revolution, political upheaval or natural catastrophe. But throughout history there have been moments of vital importance that have taken place not on the battlefield, or in the palaces of power, or even in the violence ...Show more
12 Books That Changed the World - out of print by Melvyn Bragg
Category: Audio Books
In this digitised age of shared information it is easy to take for granted the power of the printed word. Here, Melvyn Bragg presents a vivid reminder of the book as agent of social, political and personal revolution. In the fascinating book accompanying the "ITV" series, Melvyn Bragg takes a look at th ...Show more
A Love Letter to Europe - An Outpouring of Love and Sadness from Our Writers, Thinkers and Artists by Melvyn Bragg; Simon Callow; Tracey Emin; Pete Townshend; Jeffrey Boakye; Onjali Rauf; Tony Robinson; Will Hutton; Margaret Drabble
Category: History
Great writers, artists, musicians and thinkers in British life say what Europe means to them: an outpouring of love and sadness. With pieces from Frank Cottrell Boyce, Melvyn Bragg, Margaret Drabble, Alan Hollinghurst, Will Hutton, Holly Johnson, Penelope Lively, Jonathan Meades, Deborah Moggach, Alan M ...Show more
A Son of War by Melvyn Bragg
Category: Fiction
The upheavals of World War II reverberated in the peace that followed, and many found a return to the old life more difficult than they had thought. Like Sam Richardson, who was determined to break free of the constraints of his background and leave Cumbria for the promised land of Australia.
Adventure of English (Flipback) by Melvyn Bragg
Category: Fiction | Series: Flipback
English is the collective work of millions of people throughout the ages. It is democratic, ever-changing and ingenious in its assimilation of other cultures. English runs through the heart of world finance, medicine and the Internet, and it is understood by around two thousand million people across the ...Show more
Back in the Day - A Memoir by Melvyn Bragg
Category: Biography
* AN OBSERVER AND DAILY MAIL BOOKS OF 2022 PICK *Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world. In this captivating memoir, Melvyn Bragg recalls growing up in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton, from his ear ...Show more
Back in the Day: Melvyn Bragg's deeply affecting, first ever memoir by Melvyn Bragg
Category: Biography
* AN OBSERVER AND DAILY MAIL BOOKS OF 2022 PICK *Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world. In this captivating memoir, Melvyn Bragg recalls growing up in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton, from his ear ...Show more
Credo by Melvyn Bragg
Category: Fiction
Set in the 7th century, an epic novel about the historical figure St Bega, an Irish Princess, which brings Britain during the Dark Ages dramatically to life.
Credo by Melvyn Bragg
Category: Fiction
Britain during the Dark Ages is the setting for the fascinating story of Bega, a young Irish princess who became a saint, and her lifelong bond with Padric, prince of the north-western kingdom of Rheged. This dramatic, far-reaching tale brings to life a land of warring kings, Christians and pagans, and ...Show more
Crossing the Lines by Melvyn Bragg
Category: Fiction
The story of Joe from the end of A Son of War, aged 16 (1955), through to the end of his first year at Oxford (1959), crossing the lines between childhood and adulthood as well as crossing from working class small town Wigton to cosmpolitan, rarified Oxford and all that promises for the future. The main ...Show more
Crossing the Lines by Melvyn Bragg
Category: Fiction
Set in Britain during the 1950s, this moving and evocative novel follows the intertwined fates of people crossing boundaries in their lives. As a teenager in the small northern town of Wigton, Joe Richardson falls in love with Rachel, just when her life is about to be uprooted. While his parents, Sa ...Show more