Hope and Heartbreak

"Hope and Heartbreak" is the first in a two-volume social history of modern Wales which will revise 'general' histories of Wales through an engagement with the particularity of everyday life.

' ... a cornucopia; an invaluable resource to both the dilettante browser and the ardent scholar.' www.Gwales.com '...hugely entertaining...a fresh perspective on familiar events and the highlighting of novel themes...This original, enjoyable and stylish book challenges our preconceptions about Welsh history and forces us to reconsider cherished assumptions. It is a signal achievement that extends our knowledge into fascinating new areas'. Planet "Davies is a very engaging writer. The constant vivacity of the language, combined with the author's terrific eye for a story, is the book's principal strength." Matthew Cragoe, University of Hertfordshire, English Historical Review. Vol. 122: No.495