Now is the Time By Melvyn Bragg

Now is the Time (Signed First Printing)\nBragg, Melvyn\n\nPublished in London by Sceptre/Hodder and Stoughton, 2015. Signed by the Author direct to the title page, without inscription. First Edition and impression. Bound in the original publisher's hardcover boards, titled in black to the spine. Spine ends with minor bumping, binding otherwise in good order. Internally the block is sound, the pages have a little light age toning, but generally clean and tight. Jacket unclipped and also in Vg condition. A Lovely copy. Vg+ overall.     \nIn 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.Within two weeks, the unthinkable happe.