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Zusatztext Melvyn Bragg has shed fresh light on a poignant! obsessive! and magnificent love affair that has been an enduring fascination for readers throughout the centuries. It is Romeo and Juliet before Romeo and Juliet! but it's real! and the passion has such cerebral and emotional depth that it is all encompassing and beyond time. Melvyn Bragg's novel is keenly observed! and the dual timeline brings modern analysis and perception to the story of these medieval lovers! making it new and fresh for a contemporary audience. Informationen zum Autor Melvyn Bragg is a writer and broadcaster whose first novel, For Want of a Nail , was published in 1965. His novels since include The Maid of Buttermere, The Soldier's Return , A Son of War, Credo and Now is the Time , which won the Parliamentary Book Award for fiction in 2016. His books have also been awarded the Time/Life Silver Pen Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the WHSmith Literary Award, and have been longlisted three times for the Booker Prize (including the Lost Man Booker Prize). He has also written several works of non-fiction, including The Adventure of English and The Book of Books about the King James Bible. He lives in London and Cumbria. Klappentext Melvyn Bragg gives new life to one of the most remarkable love stories in history: the passionate, enduring romance between Heloise and Abelard. Melvyn Bragg gives new life to one of the most remarkable love stories in history: the passionate, enduring romance between Heloise and Abelard . Zusammenfassung Melvyn Bragg gives new life to one of the most remarkable love stories in history: the passionate, enduring romance between Heloise and Abelard.
