A Place in England is a novel by Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg FRSL FRTS FBA, FRS FRSA is an English broadcaster and author best known for his work with the BBC and for presenting the The South Bank Show...

, first published in 1970. It is the second part of Bragg's Cumbrian Trilogy

Cumbrian Trilogy

The Cumbrian Trilogy comprises three novels by Melvyn Bragg, published between 1969 and 1980.The story is set predominantly in Thurston , from the 1920s to the 1970s, and follows the lives of John Tallentire, his son Joseph, and his grandson Douglas...

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The story is set predominantly in Thurston (Bragg's name for Wigton

Wigton

Wigton is a small market town and civil parish outside the Lake District, in the administrative county of Cumbria in England, and traditionally in Cumberland. It is the bustling and thriving centre of the Solway Plain, situated between the Caldbeck Fells and the Solway coast...

), 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

The Hired Man

The Hired Man is a novel by Melvyn Bragg, first published in 1969. It is the first part of Bragg's Cumbrian Trilogy.The story is set predominantly in the rural area around Thurston , from the 1890s to the 1920s, and follows the life of John Tallentire, a farm labourer and coal miner...

, and father of Douglas Tallentire, central character of Kingdom Come.