Melvyn Bragg

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1. Melvyn Bragg

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4. David Crystal

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5. Margaret Drabble

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6. Simon Schama

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7. Beryl Bainbridge

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8. Simon Winchester

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9. Peter Ackroyd

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10. Pat Barker

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11. Margaret Forster

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12. Mary Wesley

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13. Rose Tremain

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14. Hilary Mantel

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15. Claire Tomalin

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16. Jeremy Paxman

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17. C. J. Sansom

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18. Sharon Kay Penman

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19. Alan Bennett

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20. Barry Unsworth

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