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A Son of War by Melvyn Bragg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The upheavals of World War II reverberated in the peace that followed, and many found a return to the old life more difficult than they had thought. Like Sam Richardson, who was determined to break free of the constraints of his background and leave Cumbria for the promised land of Australia.
Crossing the Lines by Melvyn Bragg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Set in Britain during the 1950s, this moving and evocative novel follows the intertwined fates of people crossing boundaries in their lives. As a teenager in the small northern town of Wigton, Joe Richardson falls in love with Rachel, just when her life is about to be uprooted. While his parents, Sa ...Show more
Remember Me... by Melvyn Bragg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
It was not love at first sight. It proved to be not much of a conversation! Nothing should have come of it. A passionate but ultimately tragic love affair starts when two students - one French, one English - meet at university at the beginning of the sixties. From its tentative early stages, the relati ...Show more
The Adventure of English by Melvyn Bragg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Games
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 ...Show more
The Soldier's Return by Melvyn Bragg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
When Sam Richardson returns in 1946 from the "Forgotten War" in Burma to Wigton in Cumbria, he finds little has changed, as far as his own limited prospects go, but in his absence his young family has altered immensely. The result is a family in turmoil when Sam resolves to move to Australia.
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