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A Place in England
First edition
AuthorMelvyn Bragg
LanguageEnglish
SeriesCumbrian Trilogy
GenreFamily saga
PublisherSecker & Warburg
Publication date
1970
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages247 pp
ISBN0-436-06706-4
OCLC124366
Dewey Decimal
823/.9/14
LC ClassPZ4.B8125 Pl PR6052.R263
Preceded byThe Hired Man 
Followed byKingdom Come 

A Place in England is a novel by Melvyn Bragg, first published in 1970.[1] It is the second part of Bragg's Cumbrian Trilogy.

The story is set predominantly in Thurston (Bragg's name for Wigton), from the 1920s to the 1960s, and follows the life of Joseph Tallentire, a labourer, footman, and eventually publican. Joseph is the son of John Tallentire, the central character of Bragg's The Hired Man, and father of Douglas Tallentire, central character of Kingdom Come.

  1. ^ "Bragg, Melvyn". Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia. 1996. p. 130 – via EBSCOHost.

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