Betrayal: Peggin's Journey from the Ladies of Llangollen to Pontcysyllte - A Short Distance but at Great Cost — Peggin's Journey from the Ladies of Llangollen to Pontcysyllte – a Short Distance but at Great Cost.

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Nofel yn portreadu merch benderfynol o'r dosbarth gweithiol yng ngogledd Cymru yn y 18fed ganrif. Mae Peggin yn forwyn i Wragedd Llangollen. pâr hoyw a symudai yng nghylchoedd llenyddol Byron a Wordsworth. Wedi'i gwrthod gan ei theulu, mae'n darganfod ei brawd Joe yn goruchwylio adeiladu dyfrbont Thomas Telford ym Mhontcysyllte.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

A novel centred on a headstrong working-class girl in 18th-century north Wales. Peggin is a maid to the infamous Ladies of Llangollen, a gay couple who moved in the literary circles of Byron and Wordsworth. Abandoned by her family, she finds her long-lost brother Joe overseeing the building of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Acqueduct.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Christine Purkis is the author of 'Jane Evans' (Y Lolfa, 2019) a very well-received novel about the first woman on the drove, who also nursed with Florence Nightingale in the Crimea. She has also published several children’s/young adult novels published by Random House, including 'Paddlefeet', 'Sea Change' and 'The Shuttered Room'. She lives in Bristol.