Bragg, Melvyn

Summary: "The tale Heloise and Abelard has captivated the attentions of romantics since the twelfth century. Heloise was a woman beyond her time: educated, fierce, and unafraid to be herself. When Peter Abelard, a radical philosopher determined to reform the archaic practices of the Church from within, becomes her private tutor, the attraction is overwhelming. Their passionate love affair soon becomes...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 2019

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Bragg, Melvyn

Summary: Ex-corporal Sam Richardson returns home from the war in Burma in the spring of 1946, but instead of finding comfort in returning to his hometown, which seems to have remained unchanged, he finds himself trying to cope with the changes that have occured within himself.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade 2002

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Bragg, Melvyn

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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2001

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Bragg, Melvyn

Contents: The common tongue -- The great escape -- Conquest -- Holding on -- The speech of kings -- Chaucer -- God's english -- English and the language of the state -- William Tyndale's bible -- A renaissance of words -- Preparing the ground -- Shakespeare's english -- "My America" -- Wild west words -- Sold down the river -- Mastering the language -- The proper way to talk -- Steam, streets and slang...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2004

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Bragg, Melvyn

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1996

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