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A Son of War by Melvyn Bragg
$15.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
The upheavals of World War II reverberated in the peace that followed, and many found a return to the old life more difficult than they had thought. Like Sam Richardson, who was determined to break free of the constraints of his background and leave Cumbria for the promised land of Australia.
Crossing the Lines by Melvyn Bragg
$30.00 AUD
$32.95 (8% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
The story of Joe from the end of A Son of War, aged 16 (1955), through to the end of his first year at Oxford (1959), crossing the lines between childhood and adulthood as well as crossing from working class small town Wigton to cosmpolitan, rarified Oxford and all that promises for the future. The main ...Show more
Rich - The Life of Richard Burton by Melvyn Bragg
$25.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
Richard Burton: star. The roaring boy from the Welsh coal valleys who came to sport on the banks of the old Nile, playing great Antony to Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra. From the West End to Hollywood, from Camelot to Shakespeare, he drank, dazzled and despaired, playing out his life on the public stage. ...Show more
The Soldier's Return by Melvyn Bragg
$10.00 AUD
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
When Sam Richardson returns in 1946 from the "Forgotten War" in Burma to Wigton in Cumbria, he finds little has changed, as far as his own limited prospects go, but in his absence his young family has altered immensely. The result is a family in turmoil when Sam resolves to move to Australia.
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