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Strike for a Kingdom

Menna Gallie

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First published in 1959, this innovative narrative—a mix of "poet's novel" and "whodunnit"—is set in the fictional valleys town of Cilhendre at the time of the Lock Out that followed the General Strike of May 1926. Cilhendre's annual August carnival is disturbed by the discovery of the corpse of the local colliery manager. Murder in their midst causes the villager's loyalities to be stretched to their limits. Torn between the miner's cause and a desire for justice, the people turn to local JP and miner's butty DJ Williams. DJ finds himself in conflict with Inspector Evans, a policeman who has turned his back on his Welsh roots. Adding to the tumult the body of a stillborn child is discovered nearby. Why should one death pass almost unnoticed and the other prompt disruption to a whole community? The answer to this mystery is rooted in the history and culture of the South Wales valleys in the early 20th century.

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Publisher
Honno Press
Year
2011
ISBN-13
9781906784201
Genre
Crime & ThrillerFiction
Topics
Murder mysteryWelsh mining community and labor strikesClass conflict and justice

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