12 Books That Changed the World by Melvyn Bragg
In this digitised age of shared information, it is easy to take for granted the power of the printed word. Presenting a reminder of the book as an agent of social, political and personal revolution, this title takes a look at the most important British books in history, while presenting a variety of human endeavour and diverse characters.
Melvyn Bragg's first novel, For Want of a Nail, was published in 1965 and since then his novels have included The Hired Man, for which he won the Time/Life Silver Pen Award, Without a City Wall, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Credo, The Maid of Buttermere and The Soldier's Return, which was published to huge critical acclaim in 1999 and won the WHSmith Literary Award. He has also written several works of non-fiction including Speak for England, an oral history of the twentieth century, Rich, a biography of Richard Burton and On Giants' Shoulders, a history of science based on his BBC radio series. He was born in 1939 and educated at Wigton's Nelson Tomlinson Shool and at Oxford where he read history. He is controller of Arts at LWT and President of the National Campaign for the Arts, and in 1998 he was made a life peer. He lives in London and Cumbria.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340839812 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340839813 |
| Title | 12 Books That Changed the World |
| Author | Melvyn Bragg |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2006-04-10 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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