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, The Maid of Buttermere and The Soldier's Return, which was published to huge critical acclaim in 1999 and won the WHSmith Literary Award. He has also written several works of non-fiction including Speak for England, an oral history of the twentieth century, Rich, a biography of Richard Burton, On Giants' Shoulders, and most recently, The Adventure of English, based on the Granada TV series. 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.
Genres: Historical
Series
Novels
For Want of a Nail (1965)
The Second Inheritance (1966)
Without a City Wall (1970)
The Nerve (1971)
Josh Lawton (1972)
Silken Net (1974)
A Christmas Child (1976)
Autumn Manoeuvres (1978)
Love and Glory (1983)
The Maid of Buttermere (1987)
A Time to Dance (1990)
Crystal Rooms (1992)
Credo (1996)
aka The Sword and the Miracle
Remember Me... (2008)
Grace and Mary (2013)
Now is the Time (2015)
Love Without End (2019)
The Second Inheritance (1966)
Without a City Wall (1970)
The Nerve (1971)
Josh Lawton (1972)
Silken Net (1974)
A Christmas Child (1976)
Autumn Manoeuvres (1978)
Love and Glory (1983)
The Maid of Buttermere (1987)
A Time to Dance (1990)
Crystal Rooms (1992)
Credo (1996)
aka The Sword and the Miracle
Remember Me... (2008)
Grace and Mary (2013)
Now is the Time (2015)
Love Without End (2019)
Non fiction
Speak for England (1976)
Thomas Hardy (1982)
Land of the Lakes (1983)
Laurence Olivier (1984)
Rich (1988)
Seventh Seal (1993)
An Interview with Dennis Potter (1994) (with Dennis Potter)
On Giants' Shoulders (1998)
King Lear in New York (1999)
Voices of the Powerless: Vol 1 (2003)
Voices of the Powerless: Vol 2 (2003)
The Adventure of English (2003)
Twelve Books That Changed the World (2006)
In Our Time (2009)
The South Bank Show: Final Cut (2010)
The Book of Books (2011)
William Tyndale (2017)
A Love Letter to Europe (2019) (with Jeffrey Boakye, Simon Callow, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Margaret Drabble, Tracey Emin, Will Hutton, Prue Leith, Jonathan Meades, Onjali Q Raúf, Chris Riddell, Tony Robinson and Pete Townshend)
Back in the Day (2022)
Thomas Hardy (1982)
Land of the Lakes (1983)
Laurence Olivier (1984)
Rich (1988)
Seventh Seal (1993)
An Interview with Dennis Potter (1994) (with Dennis Potter)
On Giants' Shoulders (1998)
King Lear in New York (1999)
Voices of the Powerless: Vol 1 (2003)
Voices of the Powerless: Vol 2 (2003)
The Adventure of English (2003)
Twelve Books That Changed the World (2006)
In Our Time (2009)
The South Bank Show: Final Cut (2010)
The Book of Books (2011)
William Tyndale (2017)
A Love Letter to Europe (2019) (with Jeffrey Boakye, Simon Callow, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Margaret Drabble, Tracey Emin, Will Hutton, Prue Leith, Jonathan Meades, Onjali Q Raúf, Chris Riddell, Tony Robinson and Pete Townshend)
Back in the Day (2022)
Melvyn Bragg recommends

A Breed of Heroes (1981)
(Charles Thoroughgood, book 1)
Alan Judd
"Entertaining and compulsively readable achieves a memorable authenticity."

Hieroglyphics (2001)
Anne Donovan
"Anne Donovan is outstanding ... quite marvellous. I was very, very impressed."

The Whispering Gallery (2011)
(Snow Hill Station trilogy, book 2)
Mark Sanderson
"Snow Hill is a dashing and compelling addition to the distinguished file of the London crime and punishment novel."
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