All Things Betray Thee: Volume 31: v. 31 - Softcover

Thomas, Gwyn

 
9781908069733: All Things Betray Thee: Volume 31: v. 31
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1908069732 ISBN 13: 9781908069733
Publisher: Parthian Books, 2011

Synopsis

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 also their sorrows and defeats.

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About the Author

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 he left teaching and concentrated on writing and broadcasting. His many published works of fiction include 'The Dark Philosophers' (1946); 'The Alone to the Alone'(1947); and 'All Things Betray Thee'(1949). He also wrote several collections of short stories, six stage plays and the autobiography 'A Few Selected Exits'(1968).

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Publisher
Parthian Books
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1908069732
ISBN 13 
9781908069733
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
350