Secret Sins: Sex, Violence and Society in Carmarthenshire 1870-1920 - Softcover
Sleepy rustic Carmarthenshire was secretly a hotbed of debauchery, violence and drunkenness according to Russell Davies in a new edition of his very successful book, 'Secret Sins'. Behind the facade of idyllic rural life, there was a twilight world of mental illness, suicide, crime, vicious assaults, infanticide, cruelty and other assorted acts of depravity. This almost anecdotal historical study is often funny, sometimes disturbing, always revealing.
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Review:
Painstakingly and thoroughly researched - Planet. Russell Davies' ambitious study is a major contribution to social and cultural history - Books in Wales It is a human and humane book-it succeeds admirably in its purpose in exposing cosy myths - The Western Mail
About the Author:
Russell Davies is a broadcaster and writer; he is the author of Secret Sins: Sex, Violence and Society in Carmarthenshire 1870-1920; Hope and Heartbreak: a Social History of Wales and the Welsh, 1776-1870, and People, Places and Passions: Pain and Pleasure, a Social History of Wales and the Welsh, 1870-1945.
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- PublisherUniversity of Wales Press
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0708325572
- ISBN 13 9780708325575
- BindingPaperback
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