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It is the time of the Rebecca Riots when economic turmoil and unjust taxes have left
the communities of south Wales in dire poverty with many on the brink of starvation. A
time when young men ride through the night smashing and burning the symbols
of their oppression.

The Mortymer family have left their home in the iron-making country of Blaenafon to seek
work in the coal mines of the south. Young Jethro Mortymer decides that he must join the
rioters in their bitter struggle even as he is tortured by his own struggle to conceal the love
he has for the beautiful Mari, his brother''s wife.

THE HOSTS OF REBECCA is a brilliant continuation of Alexander Cordell''s classic
story of mid-nineteenth century Wales which began with THE RAPE OF THE FAIR
COUNTRY.



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Hosts of Rebecca

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      Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/09/2014
      ISBN13: 9781473603684, 978-1473603684
      ISBN10: 1473603684

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      It is the time of the Rebecca Riots when economic turmoil and unjust taxes have left
      the communities of south Wales in dire poverty with many on the brink of starvation. A
      time when young men ride through the night smashing and burning the symbols
      of their oppression.

      The Mortymer family have left their home in the iron-making country of Blaenafon to seek
      work in the coal mines of the south. Young Jethro Mortymer decides that he must join the
      rioters in their bitter struggle even as he is tortured by his own struggle to conceal the love
      he has for the beautiful Mari, his brother''s wife.

      THE HOSTS OF REBECCA is a brilliant continuation of Alexander Cordell''s classic
      story of mid-nineteenth century Wales which began with THE RAPE OF THE FAIR
      COUNTRY.



      Trade Review
      Ribald, bawdy, exciting, tragically violent - New York Times on RAPE OF THE FAIR COUNTRY

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