NOW IS THE TIME
Book ID/图书代码： 12100016B89720
English Summary/英文概要： At the end of May 1381, the fourteen-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. Within two weeks, the unthinkable happened: a vast force of common people who believed that England had to be saved invaded London demanding freedom, equality and the complete uprooting of the Church and State.
In this gripping novel, Melvyn Bragg brings an extraordinary episode in English history to fresh, urgent life on both a grand and intimate scale, vividly portraying its central figures. It is an archetypal tale of an epic struggle between the powerful and the apparently powerless.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1381年的5月末，十四岁的英国国王有理由害怕：瘟疫回来了，皇家金库是空的，严厉的人头税被广泛逃避。然而，理查德，借助于他强大、迷人的母亲，对上帝赋予他统治的权利感到很有把握。在两个星期内，不可思议的事情发生了：认为英国必须拯救被入侵的伦敦的广大群众要求自由、平等以及教会与国家的连根拔起。
在这部引人入胜的小说中，梅尔文•布拉格带来了英国历史上一段特别的插曲，以宏大而直接的规模讲述了紧迫的生活，生动地描绘了它的中心人物。它是一个以强大和无能为力之间的史诗般的斗争为原型的故事。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：获得了
莱斯文学奖（没有城墙）
WH史密斯文学奖（士兵的回报）
时间/生活银笔奖（雇用的人）
提名布克奖（战争之子和穿越前线）
“我们相当简单的一个最好的作家之一。”——星期日电讯
“真正的宏伟、强大、感动和启发——有广大影响力的伟大作品。”——历史小说评论
Winner of
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (Without a City Wall)
WH Smith Literary Award (The Soldier’s Return)
Time/Life Silver Pen Award (The Hired Man)
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize (A Son of War and Crossing the Lines)
‘Quite simply one of the best writers we have’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Truly magnificent, powerful, moving and enlightening - a great work in scope and impact’ Historical Novels Review
About the Author/作者介绍： 梅尔文•布拉格是一位作家和广播员。他的小说包括《雇用的人》，该作品为他赢得了“时间和生活的银笔奖”，《没有城墙》获得了了莱斯文学奖，《士兵的回报》获得了史密斯文学奖，《战争之子》和《穿越前线》则提名了布克奖，《英国的一个地方》也提名了布克奖，以及最近的作品《格蕾丝和玛丽》。他还写了几部非小说作品，最新的是关于钦定版圣经的《书中经典》。他住在伦敦和坎布里亚郡。
Melvyn Bragg is a writer and broadcaster. His novels include The Hired Man, for which he won the Time/Life Silver Pen Award,Without a City Wall, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, The Soldier’s Return, winner of the WHSmith Literary Award, A Son of War and Crossing the Lines, both of which were longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, A Place in England, which was longlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize, and most recently Grace and Mary. He has also written several works of non-fiction, the most recent being The Book of Books about the King James Bible. He lives in London and Cumbria.
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