Secret Sins

Sex, Violence and Society in Carmarthenshire 1870-1920

David Davies author David Russell Davies author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Wales Press

Published:30th Nov '12

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Secret Sins cover

Sleepy rustic Carmarthenshire was secretly a hotbed of debauchery, violence and drunkenness according to Russell Davies in a new edition of his very successful book, Secret Sins. Behind the facade of idyllic rural life, there was a twilight world of mental illness, suicide, crime, vicious assaults, infanticide, cruelty and other assorted acts of depravity. This almost anecdotal historical study is often funny, sometimes disturbing, always revealing.

Painstakingly and thoroughly researched. * Planet *
Russell Davies' ambitious study is a major contribution to social and cultural history * Books in Wales *
It is a human and humane book-it succeeds admirably in its purpose in exposing cosy myths * The Western Mail *

ISBN: 9780708325568

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 431g

327 pages

2nd New edition