Reading order

Cumbrian Trilogy reading order

Melvyn Bragg

  1. The Hired Man1969
  2. A Place in England1970
  3. Kingdom Come1980
3 volumes
Volumes
1969–1980
Published
about 15 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

The Hired Man
Start withThe Hired Man1969

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Publication order

3 volumes1969–1980Completed

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 826 pages, about 15 hours. At 45 min a day that is 20 days.

Stages

This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 18, 2026.

  1. The end of the series
    November 18, 2026

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How this plan is calculated

The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →

Every volume in order

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No volume in this series has enough ratings to enter a ranking yet, so the list carries no scores — the order and the volumes are still complete.

Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 28, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Cumbrian Trilogy book is the longest?

“Kingdom Come” is the longest at 368 pages; the shortest is “The Hired Man” with 211 pages.