- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Blorenge Books; New edition edition (Dec 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1872730191
- ISBN-13: 978-1872730196
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 66,250 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A novel of 19th-century Wales, with its passion, humour and Celtic sadness. It is the story of a people's struggle, and particularly of young Jethro Mortymer, striving to keep his family alive and tortured by a guilty love for his brother's wife.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The second in this triology by the most uunder-rated writer of the UK.
The strength of this book is the incredible communication skills of Cordell. The characterisation, imagery and language is masterful and brings you directly into what is for most of us an alien world. The identification this forces with the characters is intense and many people can't ut this book down. This is a marvellous example of how to write a flawless novel.
If he had written about paint drying, he'd make it a cracking good read, so it's almost that the topic is immaterial. He writes about the lives, loves, struggles and celebrations of poor Welsh people in a land taken over by invading mineworking capitalists. Their community is vividly portrayed and their resentment is strong.
There is no more turbulent tale that that of the political background and the actions taken by the little man. It really is engrossing and builds up your hopes and lets you share the tension.
One caution: you may want to read 'Song of the Earth' first, purely because it's set before, with the same family. Not essential though. You will want to read it after reading this anyway. A classic, classic book.
The strength of this book is the incredible communication skills of Cordell. The characterisation, imagery and language is masterful and brings you directly into what is for most of us an alien world. The identification this forces with the characters is intense and many people can't ut this book down. This is a marvellous example of how to write a flawless novel.
If he had written about paint drying, he'd make it a cracking good read, so it's almost that the topic is immaterial. He writes about the lives, loves, struggles and celebrations of poor Welsh people in a land taken over by invading mineworking capitalists. Their community is vividly portrayed and their resentment is strong.
There is no more turbulent tale that that of the political background and the actions taken by the little man. It really is engrossing and builds up your hopes and lets you share the tension.
One caution: you may want to read 'Song of the Earth' first, purely because it's set before, with the same family. Not essential though. You will want to read it after reading this anyway. A classic, classic book.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Cordell continues the story of the Mortimer family through the eyes of the younger brother Jethro. This book recaptures the range of emotions of the predecesor (Rape of the Fair Country). The authors insight into the culture and background of Wales is astounding. The descriptive narrative brings these characters to life and places you with them in the hard times of turn of the century in Wales. Using fact as the backdrop to the story, we see how hard life must have been for a generation past. A must read
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have also read this book a few times over the years, it is one of the trilogy of books he wrote set in wales during the 19th century, following the lives of the Mortimer family.
Cordell has an amazing talent of writing classic books that weave fiction and history together in the plot of the story.
Anyone who has read "RAPE OF THE FAIR COUNTRY" will also enjoy this book, an un put downable book until you've finished it!
Cordell has an amazing talent of writing classic books that weave fiction and history together in the plot of the story.
Anyone who has read "RAPE OF THE FAIR COUNTRY" will also enjoy this book, an un put downable book until you've finished it!
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