Credo by Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg's epic masterpiece - a dramatic and dazzling recreation of life in Britain during the Dark Ages, and the story of a young Irish princess who became a saint
A gripping saga of great passion.. sustained, impassioned and uplifting * The Times *
An absorbing epic ... as splendid a ripping yarn as any of the best classics * Daily Telegraph *
A gripping, deeply accomplished work * Evening Standard *
I loved it ... Bragg's stately, seething, passionate epic is several cuts above modern attempts at historical fiction * Literary Review *
A beguiling entry into a society strange, neglected, important, tragic in many of its triumphs * Spectator *
Wonderfully evocative, passionate and erudite ... No summary could do justice to a book of this erudition, romance and scope * Glasgow Herald *
An absorbing epic ... as splendid a ripping yarn as any of the best classics * Daily Telegraph *
A gripping, deeply accomplished work * Evening Standard *
I loved it ... Bragg's stately, seething, passionate epic is several cuts above modern attempts at historical fiction * Literary Review *
A beguiling entry into a society strange, neglected, important, tragic in many of its triumphs * Spectator *
Wonderfully evocative, passionate and erudite ... No summary could do justice to a book of this erudition, romance and scope * Glasgow Herald *
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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| ISBN 13 | 9780340667064 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340667060 |
| Titel | Credo |
| Autor | Melvyn Bragg |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2004-09-20 |
| Seitenanzahl | 800 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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