Betrayal

Christine Purkis

Nofel yn portreadu merch benderfynol o'r dosbarth gweithiol yng ngogledd Cymru yn y 18fed ganrif. Mae Peggin yn forwyn i Wragedd Llangollen - y pâr hoyw a symudai yng nghylchoedd llenyddol Byron a Wordsworth - a'i brawd Joe oedd ynghlwm ag adeiladu dyfrbont Thomas Telford ym Mhontcysyllte.

ISBN: 9781800993198

Pris: £9.99

Adran: Ffuglen, Hanes

Cyfrwng: Clawr Meddal

Iaith: Saesneg

Nifer y tudalennau: 327

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Adolygiadau

This is a difficult story brilliantly told. Aggie/Peggin is a tour-de-force of character flaws, her slang and vernacular singular. The reader immediately understands that her willingness to cut off her own nose to spite her face is an intractable entrenched quality that she might not overcome. This is Georgian fiction at its finest, as it is not about the aristocracy—this is about the everyman, the building-up of small communities over time, and how young women like Aggie/Peggin must bend to the will of the world or suffer. And suffer she does, for she is unwilling to bend. Highly recommended. - Katie Stine, Historical Novel Society

Christine Purkis' first novel was a rollicking good read, the larger than life yet grounded in the truth adventures of Jane Evans, renowned as Wales' first female drover. Purkis has returned to an historical theme in her second novel, Betrayal, and once again, the reader follows an energetic and compelling young woman through a world which excludes her. The research which so enriched Jane Evans is once again on display: Purkis has a real flair for using period detail to create a world without baffling the reader with irrelevant colour.
This is honest and unsentimental writing many historical novelists would do well to emulate... a highly enjoyable book which merits comparison with thoughtful novels set in the past such as Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent or Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist. Those picking up Betrayal in search of a ripping yarn will not be disappointed but there is also much in Purkis' writing which engages the reader at a different level and encourages a deeper appreciation of the history of Wales. - Myfanwy Alexander, Nation.cymru

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