Présentation de l'éditeur
Britain during the Dark Ages is the setting for the fascinating story of Bega, a young Irish princess who became a saint, and her lifelong bond with Padric, prince of the north-western kingdom of Rheged. This dramatic, far-reaching tale brings to life a land of warring kings, Christians and pagans, and tribes divided by language and culture, illuminating a little-known yet critical period in British history.
Revue de presse
A gripping saga of great passion ... sustained, impassioned and uplifting (
The Times)
An absorbing epic ... as splendid a ripping yarn as any of the best classics (
Daily Telegraph)
A gripping, deeply accomplished work (
Evening Standard)
I loved it ... Bragg's stately, seething, passionate epic is several cuts above modern attempts at historical fiction (
Literary Review)
A beguiling entry into a society strange, neglected, important, tragic in many of its triumphs (
Spectator)
Wonderfully evocative, passionate and erudite ... No summary could do justice to a book of this erudition, romance and scope (
Glasgow Herald)
Biographie de l'auteur
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 Book of Books about the King James Bible. He lives in London and Cumbria.
