Now is the time
Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-2016
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Melvyn Bragg brings an extraordinary episode in English history to fresh, urgent life. At the end of May 1381, the 14-year-old King of England had reason to be fearful: the plague had returned, the royal coffers were empty and a draconian poll tax was being widely evaded. Yet Richard, bolstered by his powerful, admired mother, felt secure in his God-given right to reign. But within two weeks, the unthinkable happened: a vast force of common people invaded London, led by a former soldier, Walter Tyler, and the radical preacher John Ball, demanding freedom, equality and the complete uprooting of the Church and state. And for three intense, violent days, it looked as if they would sweep all before them. 'Now is the Time' depicts the events of the Peasants' Revolt on both a grand and intimate scale.
Main title:
Now is the time / Melvyn Bragg.
Author:
Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-, author
Imprint:
London : Sceptre, 2016.
Collation:
357 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781473614550 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.9'14H
Local class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
1587767
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