Sceptre lands Melvyn Bragg's first memoir

Writer and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg's first memoir, Back in the Day, has been signed by Sceptre. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time to S&S

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Melvyn Bragg novel on Peasants' Revolt

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