A well-researched and thoughtfully written biography of Richard Burton.
Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg Books
October 6, 1939
Melvyn Bragg is a prolific English author, perhaps most recognized for his work on The South Bank Show. He is a versatile writer, contributing novels, non-fiction works, and screenplays, often collaborating on biographical dramas. His writing explores themes connected to arts and culture, reflecting his broad engagement with these subjects. Many of his narratives draw from personal experience, as seen in his autobiographical novel from 2008.
'A vivid and totally original imagination' Scotsman
The Adventure Of English
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Reissued to celebrate Sceptre's 30th anniversary: Melvyn Bragg's bestselling biography of the English language, featuring a new afterword by the author.
Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world.
A history of the English language traces its evolution from a Germanic dialect around 500 A.D. to its modern form, noting the influence of such groups and individuals as early Anglo-Saxon tribes, Alfred the Great, and William Shakespeare.
A fascinating insight to a selection of the show's best episodes, published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the popular Radio 4 programme.
Crossing The Lines
- 490 pages
- 18 hours of reading
The much-praised third part of 'a monumental series' (Sunday Times) by an 'aristocrat of English fiction' (Sunday Telegraph)
A Place in England
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
The second novel in Melvyn Bragg's brilliant and evocative Tallentire trilogy schovat popis
The upheavals of the Second World War reverberated in the peace that followed, and many found a return to the old life more difficult than they had anticipated. Like Sam Richardson, who was determined to break free of the constraints of his background and leave Cumbria for the promised land of Australia. Yet now, a few months on, he has settled for a job in Wigton's paper factory, and believes he has put both his aspirations and his memories of fighting in Burma behind him. His wife, Ellen, begins to know better, realising how close to the brink their marriage had come. Between them their young son Joe strives to fulfil the conflicting expectations of childhood and adolescence and confronts his own demons. Crafted with potent understatement and acute insight into the twists and turns of the heart, this is a formidable successor to Melvyn Bragg's widely praised and award-winning novel, THE SOLDIER'S RETURN
On Giants' Shoulders
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Bragg's bestselling account of the greatest figures and discoveries in the history of science from Archimedes to DNA
