The Library of Wales: The Volunteers by Raymond Williams
A worker is killed in the striking coalfields of Wales. Some months later, a government minister thought to be connected with the death is shot. Lewis Redfern - once a radical, now a political analyst and journalist - leads a hunt that takes him to The Volunteers, a secret organization wielding greater power than anyone could believe.
"Every reader of the "The Volunteers" can testify to its power and pace as a detective thriller" --Tony Pinkey, author
Raymond Williams was born in the Welsh border village of Pandy in 1921. He was educated at Abergavenny Grammar School and at Trinity College, Cambridge and he served in the Second World War as a Captain in the 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. After the war he began an influential career in education with the Extra Mural Department at Oxford University. His life-long concern with the interface between social development and cultural process marked him our as one of the most perceptive and influential intellectual figures of his generation.
The Volunteers (1978) was one of a series of novels with a predominantly Welsh theme or setting, an engagement which began with his most well-known work Border Country (1960) and continued with the massive two-volume People of the Black Mountains (1988-90). He died in 1988.
The Volunteers (1978) was one of a series of novels with a predominantly Welsh theme or setting, an engagement which began with his most well-known work Border Country (1960) and continued with the massive two-volume People of the Black Mountains (1988-90). He died in 1988.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906998264 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906998264 |
| Title | The Library of Wales: The Volunteers |
| Author | Raymond Williams |
| Series | Library Of Wales Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Parthian Books |
| Year published | 2011-10-11 |
| Number of pages | 350 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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