The Maid of Buttermere

Melvyn Bragg's highly acclaimed, Sunday Times bestselling historical novel, the story behind one of the 19th century's greatest scandals.

''This is historical fiction with a human face''
Peter Ackroyd, The Times

''A vivid and erudite tour de force''
Penelope Lively, Booker Prize-winning author of Moon Tiger

''A skilled, ornate and convincing examination of a nineteenth-century scandal in Bragg''s own Cumbria''
Thomas Keneally, Booker Prize-winning author of Schindler''s Ark

Set in the Lake District in the early nineteenth century, this is a riveting story of love and deception, and a scandal that shook the entire nation.

• | Author: Melvyn Bragg
• | Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• | Publication Date: Jan 01, 1993
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780340423738
• | ISBN-10: 0340423730