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All Things Betray Thee
Gwyn Thomas
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Description for All Things Betray Thee
Paperback. As the newly-built foundries of South Wales enter their first decline, a travelling harpist from the rural north arrives in town to find his friends caught in a fiercly-fought industrial dispute, a dispute which quickly spirals out of control. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 380.
With passion, humour and remarkable insight Gwyn Thomas captures the world of South Wales in the 1830s during the turbulent years of the Merthyr and Newport Risings. As the newly-built foundries enter their first decline, a travelling harpist from the rural north arrives in one of the new towns to find his friends caught in a fiercely-fought industrial dispute, a dispute which quickly spirals out of control. A powerful and sweeping novel by one of Wales's great literary figures, 'All Things Betray Thee', tells the epic story of a people, their joys and victories, but ... Read more
With passion, humour and remarkable insight Gwyn Thomas captures the world of South Wales in the 1830s during the turbulent years of the Merthyr and Newport Risings. As the newly-built foundries enter their first decline, a travelling harpist from the rural north arrives in one of the new towns to find his friends caught in a fiercely-fought industrial dispute, a dispute which quickly spirals out of control. A powerful and sweeping novel by one of Wales's great literary figures, 'All Things Betray Thee', tells the epic story of a people, their joys and victories, but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908069733
SKU
9781908069733
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Gwyn Thomas
Gwyn Thomas was born in the Rhondda Valley, in 1913. After a scholarship to Porth County School he read Spanish at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Mass unemployment and widespread poverty in South Wales deepened his radicalism. After working for the Workers' Educational Association he became a teacher, first in Cardigan and from 1942 in Barry. In 1962 ... Read more
Reviews for All Things Betray Thee
'What we encounter here are reality and the tragic elements of dream... a remarkable achievement.' The New York Times