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Common People Author: Alison Light

ISBN: 9780141039862 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 352 Published: 29 July 2015 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.8 Description: Family history is a massive phenomenon of our times but what are we after when we go in search of our ancestors? Beginning with her grandparents, Alison Light moves between the present and the past, in an extraordinary series of journeys over two centuries, across Britain and beyond.

Epic in scope and deep in feeling, Common People is a family history but also a new kind of public history, following the lives of the migrants who travelled the country looking for work. Original and eloquent, it is a timely rethinking of who the English were - but ultimately it reflects on history itself, and on our constant need to know who went before us and what we owe them.

About the Author

Alison Light (born 4 August 1955) is a writer, critic and independent scholar. She has held a number of academic posts, most recently (until 2014) as a Visiting Professor in the School of English at Newcastle University, and Visiting Professor in Popular Literature at Sheffield Hallam University. She is currently a Visiting Member of the English Faculty at Oxford University. She is a founding member of the Raphael Samuel Archive and Hi...

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