Brittle with Relics
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Brittle with Relics

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

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Brittle with Relics

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

About this book

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

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9780571295661
Edition
0
Topic
History
Subtopic
British History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Landing Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Cynnwys / Contents
  6. Map
  7. Lleisiau / Voices
  8. Cyflwyniad / Introduction
  9. 1: Yr Iaith Gymraeg / The Welsh Language
  10. 2: Cofiwch Dryweryn / Remember Tryweryn
  11. 3: Gweithredu Uniongyrchol / Direct Action
  12. 4: Tomen Rhif 7 / Tip Number 7
  13. 5: Adferiad / Reclamation
  14. 6: Mudiad Adfer / The Restoration Movement
  15. 7: Mewnfudwyr / Incomers
  16. 8: Mil Naw Saith Naw / Nineteen Seventy-Nine
  17. 9: Meibion Glyndŵr / The Sons of Glyndŵr
  18. 10: Menywod dros Fywyd ar y Ddaear / Women for Life on Earth
  19. 11: Streic y Glowyr / The Miners’ Strike, 1984–1985
  20. 12: Cân i Gymry / A Song for the Welsh
  21. 13: Cau Pwll, Lladd Cymuned / Close a Pit, Kill a Community
  22. 14: Bae Caerdydd / Cardiff Bay
  23. 15: Ar Sail Gyfartal / On the Basis of Equality
  24. 16: Pa Bris Nawr am Fymryn o Urddas? / What Price Now for a Shallow Piece of Dignity?
  25. Epilogue
  26. Diolchiadau / Acknowledgements
  27. Mynegai / Index
  28. About the Author
  29. Also by the Author
  30. Copyright