Now is the Time
$35.02
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
8 November 2016
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473614550 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1473614554 |
| Author: | Melvyn Bragg |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 8 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 258g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 132mm x 24mm |
You Can Find This Book In
What They're Saying
Critics Review
A gripping historical novel … his moving portraits of Tyler and Ball, their utopian hopes for England betrayed and destroyed just as they themselves are doomed to be, give Now Is the Time its real backbone and intensity. - The Sunday Times
A beautifully written novel, combining modern insight with historical authenticity, and it is spellbinding. - Kate Atherton, Sunday ExpressBragg excels at conjuring the wealth and squalor of late 14th-century London … it’s impossible not to be caught up. - Daily MailBragg brings his historical characters vividly to life and conveys a real sense of the appalling disparity in living conditions. The novel gathers unstoppable pace as the original poll tax uprising hurtles towards its brutal and unedifying conclusion. - Simon Humphreys, Mail on SundayA vivid and surprisingly tender tribute to one of the wildest moments in Plantagenet history. - Dan Jones, The TimesFast 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, ObserverBragg lifts the bare facts of England’s largest uprising and transforms them into a high-speed adventure, told from the alternating perspectives of the key players. Readable and pacy - Zoe Apostolides, Financial TimesAbout The Author
Melvyn Bragg
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, A Place in England, which was longlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize, and most recently Grace and Mary. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including The Adventure of English and The Book of Books: The Radical Impact of the King James Bible 1611-2011. He lives in London and Cumbria.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.