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

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