Huw T. Edwards
Author(s) Paul Ward
Language: English
Genre(s): Welsh Interest
Series: Celtic Radicals
- February 2011 · 192 pages ·216x138mm
- · Paperback - 9780708323281
- · eBook - pdf - 9780708323298
- · eBook - epub - 9781783164455
About The Book
This book is the first biography of Huw T. Edwards (1929 - 1970), a key figure in the Welsh labour movement, who was known in the 1950s as the 'unofficial Prime Minister of Wales'. He was of working-class origin, a Welsh speaker and trade unionist involved in a wide range of activities associated with Welsh culture. He represented Wales to the BBC, chaired the Welsh Tourist Board, and was president of the Welsh Language Society.