Opis: Now is the Time - Melvyn Bragg

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. 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, equality and the complete uprooting of the Church and state. They believed they were rescuing the King from his corrupt ministers, and that England had to be saved. And for three intense, violent days, it looked as if they would sweep all before them. Now is the Time depicts the events of the Peasants' Revolt on both a grand and intimate scale, vividly portraying its central figures and telling an archetypal tale of an epic struggle between the powerful and the apparently powerless. 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. Nick Rennison, Sunday Times Bragg 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 Times This is a beautifully written novel, combining modern insight with historical authenticity, and it is spellbinding. Kate Atherton, Sunday Express Bragg excels at conjuring the wealth and squalor of late 14th-century London... As events progress to their bloody conclusion, it's impossible not to be caught up. Daily Mail Bragg 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 Sunday A vivid and surprisingly tender tribute to one of the wildest moments in Plantagenet history. Dan Jones, The Times

Szczegóły: Now is the Time - Melvyn Bragg

Tytuł: Now is the Time
Autor: Melvyn Bragg
Producent: Jonathan Cape
ISBN: 9781473614529
Rok produkcji: 2015
Ilość stron: 368
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.61 kg

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