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Common People: The History of An English Family
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Common People: The History of An English Family

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‘Part detective story, part Dickensian saga, part labour history. A thrilling and unnerving read’ - Observer

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 Peopl_e 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.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
29 July 2015
Pages
352
ISBN
9780141039862

‘Part detective story, part Dickensian saga, part labour history. A thrilling and unnerving read’ - Observer

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 Peopl_e 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.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
29 July 2015
Pages
352
ISBN
9780141039862