Ebook {Epub PDF} Common People: The History of An English Family by Alison Light

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 /5(75). out of 5 stars. Common People. Reviewed in the United States on J. Verified Purchase. Well-written and chock-full of historical details of community, family, and individual history, the book is quite readable and, though it's about the author's ancestors, is /5(78). Common People: The History of an English Family, by Alison Light, Fig Tree, RRP£20, pages Gillian Tindall is author of ‘Three Houses, Many Lives’ (Chatto Windus) Photograph: Alison LightEstimated Reading Time: 6 mins.

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Alison Light, a talented historian of forgotten people, has written a family history that is most alive during the moments when she looks up from her story Alison Light's grandmother, Evelyn Whitlock. Buy Common People: The History of An English Family by Light, Alison (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Common People: The History of an English Family In Common People Alison Light tracks her forebears in an extraordinary series of journeys over two centuries, across Britain and beyond. As she follows the lives of the poorer sort who travelled the country looking for work, she reflects on history and on our constant need to know who went before.