A Place in England

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A Place in England

First edition
Author	Melvyn Bragg
Language	English
Series	Cumbrian Trilogy
Genre	Family saga
Publisher	Secker & Warburg
Publication date	1970
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	247 pp
ISBN	0-436-06706-4
OCLC	124366
Dewey Decimal	823/.9/14
LC Class	PZ4.B8125 Pl PR6052.R263
Preceded by	The Hired Man
Followed by	Kingdom Come

A Place in England is a novel by Melvyn Bragg, first published in 1970.^[1] It is the second part of Bragg's Cumbrian Trilogy.

The story is set predominantly in Thurston (Bragg's name for Wigton), from the 1920s to the 1960s, and follows the life of Joseph Tallentire, a labourer, footman, and eventually publican. Joseph is the son of John Tallentire, the central character of Bragg's The Hired Man, and father of Douglas Tallentire, central character of Kingdom Come.