Secret Sins
Sex, Violence and Society in Carmarthenshire 1870-1920
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, History, British
| Author: | David Russell Davies | ISBN: | 9781783165452 |
| Publisher: | University of Wales Press | Publication: | November 15, 2012 |
| Imprint: | University of Wales Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | David Russell Davies |
| ISBN: | 9781783165452 |
| Publisher: | University of Wales Press |
| Publication: | November 15, 2012 |
| Imprint: | University of Wales Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
