Brittle with Relics

A History of Wales, 1962–97 ('Oral history at its revelatory best' DAVID KYNASTON)

Richard King

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Year: 2022
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9780571295661
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

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 KYN ASTON

'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

Table of contents

• Landing Page
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Cynnwys / Contents
• Map
• Lleisiau / Voices
• Cyflwyniad / Introduction
• 1: Yr Iaith Gymraeg / The Welsh Language
• 2: Cofiwch Dryweryn / Remember Tryweryn
• 3: Gweithredu Uniongyrchol / Direct Action
• 4: Tomen Rhif 7 / Tip Number 7
• 5: Adferiad / Reclamation
• 6: Mudiad Adfer / The Restoration Movement
• 7: Mewnfudwyr / Incomers
• 8: Mil Naw Saith Naw / Nineteen Seventy-Nine
• 9: Meibion Glyndŵr / The Sons of Glyndŵr
• 10: Menywod dros Fywyd ar y Ddaear / Women for Life on Earth
• 11: Streic y Glowyr / The Miners’ Strike, 1984–1985
• 12: Cân i Gymry / A Song for the Welsh
• 13: Cau Pwll, Lladd Cymuned / Close a Pit, Kill a Community
• 14: Bae Caerdydd / Cardiff Bay
• 15: Ar Sail Gyfartal / On the Basis of Equality
• 16: Pa Bris Nawr am Fymryn o Urddas? / What Price Now for a Shallow Piece of Dignity?
• Epilogue
• Diolchiadau / Acknowledgements
• Mynegai / Index
• About the Author
• Also by the Author
• Copyright