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Melvyn Bragg’s historical fiction, which vividly conveys the spirit of the mid-20th century and the profound social changes taking place at the time.Set in Britain during the 1950s, Crossing The Lines follows the intertwined fates of people crossing boundaries in their lives. As a teenager in the small northern town of Wigton, Joe Richardson falls in love with Rachel, just when her life is about to be uprooted. While his parents, Sam and Ellen, face the frontiers of middle age, Joe finds himself drawn by the intoxicating world outside home, and is swept into situations that seem beyond his control."Two authors’ lives intersect in a strange and mysterious way... In this intriguing and unusual tale, a stunning departure from Gentill’s period mysteries (Give the Devil His Due, 2015, etc.), the question is not whodunit but who’s real and who’s a figment of someone’s vivid imagination." - Kirkus ReviewsMelvyn Bragg the cultural broadcaster and peer, was Booker Prize longlisted for the second time with A Son of War, the second volume in his The Soldier’s Return quartet. Alongside his career in television and radio, Bragg has been a prolific author, writing some 22 novels and 17 works of non-fiction. His high public profile has not always led him to receive proper - or fair - recognition for his novels. Following The Soldier's Return , heralded as “a novel written in fine steel sentences and granite paragraphs" by the Washington Post , and the equally brilliant A Son of War , Melvyn Bragg brings “one of the finest sagas of postwar Britain" ( London Sunday Telegraph ) to a stunning conclusion. Set in the 1950s, this absorbing novel follows the intertwined fates of people crossing boundaries in their lives. Alive with a wide cast of characters, Crossing the Lines vividly portrays the spirit and atmosphere of the mid-century and the profound changes taking place at the time, in morals, religion, music, and social class. Moving and evocative, this masterly novel and the two that have preceded it are rightfully hailed as contemporary classics. Set in Britain during the 1950s, this moving and evocative novel follows the intertwined fates of people crossing boundaries in their lives. As a teenager in the small northern town of Wigton, Joe Richardson falls in love with Rachel, just when her life is about to be uprooted. While his parents, Sam and Ellen, face the frontiers of middle age, Joe finds himself drawn by the intoxicating world outside home, and swept into situations that seem beyond his control Continuing the story of Joe from "A Son of War", this is the story of the rapid changes in his life from working-class Wigton to the rarified atmosphere of Oxford as he begins his studies there. He finds many changes, including his relationship with Rachel, his fiancée in Wigton. Set in Britain in the 1950s, this novel follows the intertwined fates of people crossing boundaries in their lives