Reviews
This is not only a book for a student of history, but also for anyone with an interest in the history of Wales, as it is compelling to read and easy to follow.
- Elfyn Llwyd
This is a powerful, dramatic tale – and a poignant one. Congratulations.
- Prof. Richard English
It is a story which is not only of interest in the Welsh context, but also helps in the general understanding of the psychological development of the person and a certain justification for his actions. I only ever considered Jenkins' actions in terms of the criminality; the man himself and what fuelled his decision to affiliate with the MAC campaign, until now, I knew nothing about. As a result of Wyn Thomas' excellent biography, I now have a much clearer understanding.'
- Raymond Kendall
"This is no one-sided hero worshipping of a man some would see as a terrorist but an extremely well researched and well balanced biography based on 15 years of candid interviews. A study of a man, his time, the politics, and to conclude a summarisation of key points. Like the book's subject, Dr Wyn Thomas is willing and capable of looking at all sides of a story or political argument.Without the author's research there is so much of this episode in history that would undoubtedly have gone untold.Along with the same author's Hands Off Wales (the definitive history of Tryweryn and its aftermath) John Jenkins: The Reluctant Revolutionary is essential reading for anyone with an interest in not just Welsh history and politics but British history and politics too. Bravo.
- Brett Evans, Amazon
Throughout, one is struck by the completeness of the underlying research and the validity of the shrewd historical analysis.
- John Graham Jones, Gwales
"Insightful biography of mastermind behind the 1960s bombing campaign... Dr Wyn Thomas has done an admirable task of gathering extensive testimony and preserving it for the historical record.
- Phil Miller, Morning Star Online
"This is a morally challenging book to read especially if one agrees with many of the sentiments expressed by John Jenkins about the historical injustices meter out to the Welsh...Dr Wyn Thomas has provided rare and revealing access to the mind of a mastermind behind the Sixties Welsh bombing campaign.
- Jon Gower, Nation.cymru
This is a sympathetic deep-dive into the mind and motivations of a principled and emotionally rigid man who delivered some of the biggest blows in the name of Welsh nationalism.
- Joe Atkinson, The Welsh Agenda