'The effect of the book is massive . . . loving, deep and perceptive'
Sunday Times
'Bragg has a very sure touch with his characters: they live'
Anthony Burgess, author of A Clockwork Orange
In the shadow of Hadrian's Wall, two young men chafe at the constraints of rural life and yearn to break free from the courses set for them: John Foster, driven hard by his tyrannical, ambitious father on their tenant farm, and Arthur Langley, reluctant inheritor of his father's waning estate. Though class has long kept their neighbouring families apart, the pair form an intense friendship - until John makes the mistake of falling for Arthur's mercurial sister.
| ISBN: | 9780340511138 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 1990 |
| Author: | Melvyn Bragg |
| Publisher: | Sceptre an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 266 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
'The effect of the book is massive . . . loving, deep and perceptive'Sunday Times'Bragg has a very sure touch with his characters: they live'Anthony Burgess, author of A Clockwork OrangeIn the shadow of Hadrian's Wall, two young men chafe at the constraints of rural life and yearn to break free from the courses set for them: John Foster, driven hard by his tyrannical, ambitious father on their tenant farm, and Arthur Langley, reluctant inheritor of his father's waning estate. Though class has long kept their neighbouring families apart, the pair form an intense friendship - until John makes the mistake of falling for Arthur's mercurial sister.
The Second Inheritance features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Paperback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. Temporarily Out Of Stock.
The Second Inheritance was written by Melvyn Bragg and published by Sceptre an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton
The Second Inheritance has 266 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. Temporarily Out Of Stock.