Lucy Thomas specializes in Welsh women s writing and has published work on Hilda Vaughan, Allen Raine and Margiad Evans. She previously taught at Cardiff University and now works at the Welsh Books Council. Hilda Vaughan (1892-1985) was born in Builth Wells and lived both in Wales and London. She published ten novels and a novella 'A Thing of Nought' which is regarded as her best work and has been reprinted as part of the Welsh Women s Classics series in "A View Across the Valley.""
An alternative look at the First World War and its aftermath -
brought back into print in the year of the centenary.
A rediscovered text from an author popular in the inter-war period
that will appeal to readers of Margaret Storm Jameson and Elizabeth
Bowen
A new introduction aimed at the general reader as well as students
of gender studies and postcolonial approaches to literature
It is the end of the First World War and the men are returning
home. Gwenllian Einon-Thomas cannot share in the feeling of joy at
their return, however. Industrious, intelligent and fiercely
determined, she has more than proven her mettle in the management
of her country estate while her brothers fought and died in the
war. For her, peacetime means the end independence and the loss of
her beloved ancestral home, which is entailed upon her cousin,
Dick.
A young soldier, enfeebled by his injuries Dick is looking forward
to a tranquil life in the Welsh countryside. Instead he finds
himself drawn into an even deadlier battle.
This dark and unsettling tale was first published by Gollancz in
1932, and was dramatised for the stage and screen.
*Honno*
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