Melvyn Bragg est un auteur anglais prolifique, peut-être plus reconnu pour son travail sur l'émission The South Bank Show. C'est un écrivain polyvalent qui a contribué avec des romans, des ouvrages de non-fiction et des scénarios, collaborant souvent à des drames biographiques. Son écriture explore des thèmes liés aux arts et à la culture, reflétant son vaste engagement dans ces domaines. Beaucoup de ses récits puisent dans l'expérience personnelle, comme en témoigne son roman autobiographique de 2008.
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 general election looms but he is no longer so optimistic. And as he fights to keep his seat, his family begins to fracture around him and scandal threatens. In this absorbing and fast-paced novel, Melvyn Bragg's portrait of the mood and politics of the era remains as pertinent today as on its original publication.
Published in hardcover. Covered in Mylar by the previous owner. There are minor markings on the jacket. The boards are in excellent condition. There is a small amount of scuffing on the spine head. The pages in the main body remain clean and in excellent condition. GE
Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world.
The much-praised third part of 'a monumental series' (Sunday Times) by an 'aristocrat of English fiction' (Sunday Telegraph)
The second novel in Melvyn Bragg's brilliant and evocative Tallentire trilogy schovat popis
Longlisted for the Booker Prize After the upheavals of the Second World War, the Richardson family - Sam, Ellen and their young son Joe - settle back to working-class life in the Cumbrian town of Wigton. Yet for them, as for so many, life will never be the same again. As the old order begins to be challenged and new vistas open, Sam and Ellen forge their future together with differing needs and desires - and conflicting expectations of Joe, who grows up with his own demons to confront.
Great Scientists and Their Discoveries, From Archimedes to DNA
Bragg's bestselling account of the greatest figures and discoveries in the history of science from Archimedes to DNA
Doran, Amanda-Jane, Punchlines - 150 years of humorous writing in Punch. London, HarperCollins, 1991. 26cm. XII, 371 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes work by authors / comedians such as: John Bentjemen / Mary Dunn / Graham Greene / Melvyn bragg / Stevie Smith / William Boyd / Robert Graves / etc.
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 world. Yet it was very nearly wiped out in its early years. In this book Melvyn Bragg shows us the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language. THE ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH is not only an enthralling story of power, religion and trade, but also the story of people, and how their day-to-day lives shaped and continue to change the extraordinary language that is English.
