The Flight of Sarah Battle

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Ffuglen hanesyddol wedi ei gosod yn Llundain derfysglyd yn negawd olaf y 18fed ganrif. Portreadir Sarah Battle, gwraig ifanc sy'n dianc i'r Amerig o'i phriodas anhapus, gan ddarganfod cysur a gobaith ym myd llewyrchus a democrataidd dinas Philadelphia, er gwaethaf y cysgod a deflir gan fygythiad arswydus y cryd melyn.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

The Flight of Sarah Battle is set in the turbulent last decade of the eighteenth century in a London where riot constantly rumbles and Bartholomew Fair entertains, and Philadelphia, where new building, hope and a democracy not quite fully-fledged are shadowed by the terrible threat of yellow fever.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Alix Nathan was born in London and educated there and at York University where she read English and Music. She now lives in the Welsh Marches where she owns some ancient woodland. She has published many short stories and her debut collection His Last Fire was published by Parthian in 2014. She has recently completed another novel, Into the Depths .

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Born in her father’s coffee house in Change Alley, London, Sarah Battle is raised in an atmosphere of coffee, alcohol and intrigue. After witnessing the destruction and chaos of the Gordon Riots, she longs to escape her surroundings for a better life but is trapped in a marriage to James Wintrige, a member of the Corresponding Society but also a government spy. She meets the radical thinker, printer and bookseller Thomas Cranch who offers her an escape to the New World. Sarah finds solace in her new love and the thriving, democratic world of Philadelphia. But fate may yet deliver her back to London. She has never secured a divorce from her husband and the Change Alley coffee house is still hers. The Flight of Sarah Battle is set in the turbulent last decade of the eighteenth century in a London where riot constantly rumbles and Bartholomew Fair entertains, and against the promises and excitement of Philadelphia, where new building, hope and a democracy not quite fully realised are shadowed by the terrible threat of fever and war. "This is the best kind of historical fiction: the past is freshly and energetically reimagined...[Alix Nathan] cuts against cliche, against the received version, against cosiness. She leaves her reader restless, curious, wanting more. She is an original, with a virtuoso touch." Hilary Mantel "From free indirect discourse to wonderful imagery, Nathan lends her stories and creations a refreshing immediacy all too often lacking in historical works..." New Welsh Review "Knotty and intricate little pieces that linger long after reading..." Wales Arts Review