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    A Place in England: Longlisted for the Lost Booker Prize

    Melvyn Bragg

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    BOOK TWO IN THE CUMBRIAN TRILOGY

    'Masterly'

    Daily Telegraph

    'A graceful and confident writer'

    Observer

    Just like his father before him, Joseph Tallantire is determined to make something of himself. But life isn't easy for an uneducated young man in Cumberland, a forgotten corner of the country where opportunities are scarce. As the Second World War plunges Britain into further turmoil, Joseph must endure hardship and loss on his journey to independence.

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    Praise for A Place in England: Longlisted for the Lost Booker Prize

    • Places him solidly in the main tradition of English fiction, with an honourable ancestry through such disparate figures as Wells and Hardy, Dickens and Jane Austen to Henry Fielding - TribuneA graceful and confident writer; the little Cumberland town of Thurston during the slump years, the Second World War and after, is beautifully realised - The ObserverQuite masterly - Daily Telegraph

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    Melvyn Bragg

    Melvyn Bragg

    Melvyn Bragg was born in Wigton, Cumbria, in 1939. He went to the local Grammar School and then to Wadham College, Oxford. He joined the BBC in 1961, and published his first novel, For Want of a Nail, in 1965.

    He left the BBC and continued to write novels which include The Soldier's Return (WH Smith Literary Award), Without a City Wall (Mail on Sunday John Llewellyn Rhys Prize) and Now Is the Time (Parliamentary Book Award 2016). A Place in England, Son of War and Crossing the Lines were all nominated for the Booker Prize. His non-fiction includes The Adventure of English and The Book of Books, and his first memoir, Back in the Day, was published in 2022 to critical acclaim.

    He edited and presented The South Bank Show from 1977 and hosted the BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time from 1998. He has now retired from both. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society and of The British Academy. He was given a Peerage in 1998 and a Companion of Honour in 2017.

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