Biographie de Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg was born in 1939 in Wigton, Cumbria, and was educated there at the Nelson Thomlinson School. He subsequently read History at Oxford and alter university joined the BBC. His first novel, For Want of a Nail, was published in 1965 and since then his novels have included The Hired
Alan, The Second Inheritance, Josh Lawton, The Maid of Buttermere and Credo. He is also the author of several works of non-fiction including Speak for England, an oral history of the twentieth century, and On Giants' Shoulders, a history of science based on the BBC Radio series.
In addition to writing, Melvyn Bragg has worked extensively in television and radio. He is Controller of Arts at LWT and President of the National Campaign for the Arts, and in 1998 bc was made a life peer. He lives in London and Cumbria.