The Hired Man
1969 novel by Melvyn Bragg / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the unrelated 1918 film, see The Hired Man (film). For the 2010 novel by Aminatta Forna, see The Hired Man (Forna novel).
The Hired Man is a novel by Melvyn Bragg, first published in 1969 by Secker and Warburg. It is the first part of Bragg's Cumbrian Trilogy.
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Author | Melvyn Bragg |
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Language | English |
Series | Cumbrian Trilogy |
Genre | Family saga |
Publisher | Secker and Warburg |
Publication date | 1969 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 220 pp |
ISBN | 0-436-06705-6 |
OCLC | 70821 |
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LC Class | PZ4.B8125 Hi PR6052.R263 |
Followed by | A Place in England |
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The story is set predominantly in the rural area around Thurston (Bragg's name for Wigton, his home town), from the 1890s to the 1920s, and follows the life of John Tallentire, a farm labourer and coal miner. John is the father of Joseph Tallentire, the central character of Bragg's A Place in England, whose son, Douglas Tallentire, is the central character of Kingdom Come.