All Things Betray Thee by Gwyn Thomas (English) Paperback Book

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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.

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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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A sweeping novel set in South Wales in the 1830s during the turbulent years of the Merthyr and Newport Uprisings.

Author Biography

Gwyn Thomas was born into a large and boisterous family in Porth, in the Rhondda Valley, in 1913. After a scholarship to Porth County School he went to St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he read Spanish. 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); All Things Betray Thee (1949); The World Cannot Hear You (1951) and Now Lead Us Home (1952). He also wrote several collections of short stories, six stage plays and the autobiography A Few Selected Exits (1968). He died in 1981.

Review

'What we encounter here are reality and the tragic elements of dream... a remarkable achievement.' The New York Times

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"What we encounter here are reality and the tragic elements of dream . . .

Author Comments

Gwyn Thomas was born into a large and boisterous family in Porth, in the Rhondda Valley, in 1913. After a scholarship to Porth County School he went to St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he read Spanish. 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); All Things Betray Thee (1949); The World Cannot Hear You (1951) and Now Lead Us Home (1952). He also wrote several collections of short stories, six stage plays and the autobiography A Few Selected Exits (1968). He died in 1981.

Details ISBN1908069732 Year 2011 ISBN-10 1908069732 ISBN-13 9781908069733 Media Book Format Paperback Short Title ALL THINGS BETRAY THEE Series Library of Wales Language English Series Number 31 Imprint Parthian Books Place of Publication Cardigan Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2011-10-11 NZ Release Date 2011-10-11 UK Release Date 2011-10-11 Author Gwyn Thomas Publication Date 2011-10-11 Publisher Parthian Books DEWEY 823.914 Audience General Pages 350 We've got this

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