Bibliograph

Secret sins, sex, violence and society in Carmarthenshire, 1870-1920, Russell Davies

Type

Label

Secret sins, sex, violence and society in Carmarthenshire, 1870-1920, Russell Davies

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Secret sins

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Russell Davies

Sub title

sex, violence and society in Carmarthenshire, 1870-1920

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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