12 Books That Changed the World - Hardcover

Bragg, Melvyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340839805 ISBN 13: 9780340839805

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

"'Melvyn Bragg's superb new history of the English language is told as an adventure story, and rightly so. There 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"

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0340839805
• ISBN 13: 9780340839805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300