The Hired Man
Paperback
BOOK ONE IN THE CUMBRIAN TRILOGY
'An intensely moving, deeply worked book'Sunday Telegraph'Extraordinary'The Times'A magnificently strong and sinewy novel' Sunday MirrorIn rural Cumbria at the turn of the nineteenth century, John Tallentire and his wife, Emily, struggle to make ends meet. First as a farm labourer, then a coal miner, John dreams of breaking free from his humiliating status as a 'hired man'. But in a rapidly changing world, the couple find themselves caught between the demands of daily survival and striving for a better life.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781399756051
- Author: Melvyn Bragg
- Pub date: 09.06.26
- RRP: $29.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg is a writer and broadcaster whose first novel, For Want of a Nail, was published in 1965. His novels since include The Maid of Buttermere, The Soldier's Return, A Son of War, Credo and Now is the Time, which won the Parliamentary Book Award for fiction in 2016. His books have also been awarded the Time/Life Silver Pen Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the WHSmith Literary Award, and have been longlisted three times for the Booker Prize (including the Lost Man Booker Prize).
He has also written several works of non-fiction, including The Adventure of English and The Book of Books about the King James Bible. He lives in London and Cumbria.Other books by the author
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