12 Books That Changed The World by Melvyn Bragg

12 Books That Changed The World by Melvyn Bragg

Published to tie in with the major ITV series, Melvyn Bragg explores a definitive yet controversial selection of British books and their huge impact on history.

"'Melvyn Bragg's superb new history of the English language is told as an adventure story, and rightly soThere is much splendid intellectual firepower in this book.' - Andrew Roberts, Spectator 'Excellent... always readable, often thought-provoking, and consistently entertaining.' - Independent 'Bragg's approachable account...gleams with little gems. His enthusiasm is appealing...he digs beneath modernity and examines our bedrock with a sympathetic eye. It has power and clarity...this adventure is rewarding.' - Sunday Herald 'This is a highly readable, jargon-free treatise on a notoriously prickly subject. Bragg's affection for his subject is infectious. In this he successfully joins a long tradition of gentleman enthusiasts from peppery Dr Johnson to genial James Murray.' - Observer"

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 and The Soldier's Return, which won the WHSmith Literary Award. He has also written several works of non-fiction including Speak for England, Rich and On Giants' Shoulders. 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	9780340839805
ISBN 10	0340839805
Title	12 Books That Changed The World
Author	Melvyn Bragg
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Year published	2006-04-10
Number of pages	384
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