In our Time (2009, signed first edition)

Signed by Melvyn Bragg, a companion to his Radio 4 series

Author

Melvyn Bragg

Publisher

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2009

In our Time (2009, signed first edition)

Printing Details

First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 24 × 15.5cm, 595pp.

Signed directly to the title page by Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time series regularly enlightens and entertains substantial audiences on BBC Radio 4. For this book he has selected episodes which reflect the diversity of the radio programmes, and takes us on an amazing tour through the history of ideas, from philosophy, physics and history to religion, literature and biology.

We can discover the reasons for the fall of the Byzantine empire, and why women were persecuted as witches in the seventeenth century. What shape is the origin of life? Where does our calendar come from? We can unearth the influence of prime numbers, Socrates and Tectonic plates.

Melvyn Bragg orchestrates the ideas of leading academics in each field so that the dynamic and lively discussion from the programmes comes through vividly on the page. In Our Time brings to life the signposts of history, the moments that significantly changed the world as we know it, and the individuals and ideas that made us what we are today.

Condition

Good condition. Whilst the book remains in strong readable condition, there is light yellow spotted foxing to the pages' top edge and a little to the fore-edge, and some minor abrasions to the wrapper's surface.