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Kingdom Come
Melvyn Bragg
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BOOK THREE IN THE CUMBRIAN TRILOGY
'An uncommonly high talent'
Guardian
'An ambitious, panoramic novel'
Daily Telegraph
Douglas Tallentire has at last attained the freedom his father and grandfather before him fought so hard for. Educated and independent, he can carve out the career of his choice. But even amid the new-found security of city life in the late 1970s, happiness remains as elusive as ever. From rural Cumbria to the frenetic whirl of London and New York, Douglas, like all the Tallentires, must come to terms with pain and misfortune, as an old way of life is replaced with a new one.
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He emerges with stature at the end of his convincing contemporary novel on 'the way we live now' ... the book shows range and vision ... Bragg knows about the nuances of dialogue which differentiate character and can maintain nice dramatic irony - New StatesmanAn uncommonly high talent. The people are 'real' enough to leave footprints right across the page - GuardianMr Bragg is one of the few British writers of talent with the courage to tackle an ambitious, panoramic novel - Daily Telegraph
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