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Now is the Time
Hodder & Stoughton
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Description for Now is the Time
Paperback. A thrilling fictional recreation of the biggest rebellion in English history - the so-called Peasants' Revolt. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 264 x 27. Weight in Grams: 258.
In this gripping novel, Melvyn Bragg brings an extraordinary episode in English history to fresh, urgent life. At the end of May 1381, the fourteen-year-old King of England had reason to be fearful: the plague had returned, the royal coffers were empty and a draconian poll tax was being widely evaded. Yet Richard, bolstered by his powerful, admired mother, felt secure in his God-given right to reign. But within two weeks, the unthinkable happened: a vast force of common people invaded London, led by a former soldier, Walter Tyler, and the radical preacher John Ball, demanding freedom, ... Read more
In this gripping novel, Melvyn Bragg brings an extraordinary episode in English history to fresh, urgent life. At the end of May 1381, the fourteen-year-old King of England had reason to be fearful: the plague had returned, the royal coffers were empty and a draconian poll tax was being widely evaded. Yet Richard, bolstered by his powerful, admired mother, felt secure in his God-given right to reign. But within two weeks, the unthinkable happened: a vast force of common people invaded London, led by a former soldier, Walter Tyler, and the radical preacher John Ball, demanding freedom, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473614550
SKU
V9781473614550
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About Hodder & Stoughton
Melvyn Bragg is a writer and broadcaster. His novels include The Hired Man, for which he won the Time/Life Silver Pen Award, Without a City Wall, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, The Soldier's Return, winner of the WHSmith Literary Award, A Son of War and Crossing the Lines, both of which were longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, ... Read more
Reviews for Now is the Time
Fast and entertaining - the excitement of a city about to blow up like a barrel of gunpowder is more than palpable - and the period brought to life with visceral minutiae.
Lucy Scholes, Observer
A vivid and surprisingly tender tribute to one of the wildest moments in Plantagenet history.
Dan Jones, The Times
Bragg brings ... Read more
Lucy Scholes, Observer
A vivid and surprisingly tender tribute to one of the wildest moments in Plantagenet history.
Dan Jones, The Times
Bragg brings ... Read more