Cumbrian Trilogy


The Cumbrian Trilogy comprises three novels by Melvyn Bragg, published between 1969 and 1980.
The story is set predominantly in Thurston, from the 1920s to the 1970s, and follows the lives of John Tallentire, his son Joseph, and his grandson Douglas. These three characters are central to the novels The Hired Man, A Place in England, and Kingdom Come, respectively.
As the family saga unfolds, Bragg sets the constant family characteristics of the protagonists against the flow of historical change.

Tallentire family tree

Harry =
=
Isaac
Seth =
Helen = George
Lester = Emma
Harry
Aileen = Harry
Thomas
John = Emily
Sarah
Alice
Harry
May
Joseph = Betty
Douglas = Mary
Anne
John
Harry = Aileen

= Avril
Mary
Frank
Donald
Anne
Robert