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Brittle with Relics - A History of Wales, 1962-97 ('Oral history at its revelatory best' DAVID KYNASTON) (Paperback, Main)
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Brittle with Relics - A History of Wales, 1962-97 ('Oral history at its revelatory best' DAVID KYNASTON) (Paperback, Main)
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Loot Price R314
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Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people of Wales
during a period of great national change. 'Richly humane,
viscerally political, generously multi-voiced, Brittle with Relics
is oral history at its revelatory best.' DAVID KYNASTON
'Fascinating.' OBSERVER 'Powerful.' LITERARY REVIEW 'Inspired.'
GUARDIAN Brittle with Relics is a vital history of Wales undergoing
some of the country's most seismic and traumatic events: the
disasters of Aberfan and Tryweryn; the rise of the Welsh language
movement; the Miners' Strike and its aftermath; and the narrow vote
in favour of partial devolution. Drawing upon the voices of its
inhabitants - includin Neil Kinnock, Rowan Williams, Leanne Wood,
Gruff Rhys, Michael Sheen, Nicky Wire, Sian James, language
activists, members of former mining communities and many more -
this is a vivid portrait of a nation determined to survive, while
maintaining the hope that Wales will one day thrive on its own
terms. 'Passionate.' HISTORY TODAY 'Compels attention.' IRISH TIMES
'Superb.' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A testament to the brutal circumstances
that bonded the communities of Wales into a new polity for the 21st
century.' GRUFF RHYS 'This book is a guide to remembering who we
can be when we work together.' GWENNO SAUNDERS 'An essential
telling of Welshness that contains a powerful reflection of
Englishness, too.' EMMA WARREN
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