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Melvyn Bragg: Now is the Time [2016] paperback Condition:New that will make you bothIn this gripping novel, Melvyn Bragg brings an extraordinary episode in English history to fresh, urgent life. At the end of May 1381, the fourteen year old King of England had reason to be fearful: the plague had returned, the royal coffers were empty and a draconian poll tax was being widely evaded. Yet Richard, bolstered by his powerful, admired mother, felt secure in his God given right to reign. But within two weeks, the unthinkable happened: a