Rape of the Fair Country

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The Mortymer Trilogy Book One

Set in the grim valleys of the Welsh iron country during the turbulent times of

the Industrial Revolution, this unforgettable novel begins the saga of the Mortymer

family - a family of hard men and beautiful women, all forced into a bitter

struggle with their harsh environment, as they slave and starve for the cruel

English ironmasters.

But adversity could never still the free spirit of Wales, or quiet its soaring voice,

and the Mortymers struggle on even as the iron foundries ravish their homeland

and cripple their people.

Rape of the Fair Country launched the bestselling career of Alexander Cordell

in 1959 and went on to sell millions of copies in seventeen languages throughout

the world.