{"title":"Dwyfor and Meirionnydd","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks in Welsh by authors from Dwyfor (the Llŷn Peninsula and Eifionydd) and Meirionnydd (southern Gwynedd).\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"plant-y-gorthrwm-gwyneth-vaughan","title":"Plant y Gorthrwm (Gwyneth Vaughan)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“'Dylai mamau y wlad ofalu am fagu eu bechgyn o’u babandod gyda syniadau teilwng am eu mamau a’u chwiorydd,' ebe y pregethwr.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Onid gwaith anodd iawn yw i fachgen barchu ei fam pan nad yw \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003emewn uwch sefyllfa na chader neu fwrdd yn y tŷ, neu, os mynnwch, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eun o’r anifeiliaid oddi allan?\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1868 and a significant number of Welshmen are able to vote in an election for the first time. But in an age when voting is completely public, what will the consequences be for those who choose to vote for freedom and justice, and against the establishment?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally written in 1905, \u003cem\u003ePlant y Gorthrwm\u003c\/em\u003e - \"Oppression's Children\" - was Gwyneth Vaughan's second novel, and of all her novels it is the most obviously political in subjet and tone, and the the one which argues most strongly the cause of all those who experience oppression and injustice, whether that be because of their political views, their social class, their nationality or their gender. This is one of the major works of its period in the Welsh language, by a novelist who deserves to be counted amongst the greatest in Welsh literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Gwyneth Vaughan's novels] bear comparison with many stories that have proven most successful in England, and they are superior beyond compare to any of the tales about Wales which have been written in English by the English, or those Welsh who cannot speak the language.\"\u003cbr\u003e—T. Gwynn Jones\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback, 328pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47986884215116,"sku":"MB0010","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237086.jpg?v=1712935821"},{"product_id":"cysgodau-y-blynyddoedd-gynt-gwyneth-vaughan","title":"Cysgodau y Blynyddoedd Gynt (Gwyneth Vaughan)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I'r hen Gymry gynt, un o arwyddion y nefoedd ydoedd, yn dangos y dyfodol iddynt. Os byddai'r goleuni yn wyn, disgwylient hwy ddiwygiad crefyddol grymus, ond os goleuni coch fyddai, yna heb os nac oni bai: rhyfel oedd yn arwyddocau.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe cunning lord trying to ensnare the young gentleman; the young girl longing for her love; the innocent heiress who is a pawn in her father's schemes; the strange ghosts plaguing the neighbourhood; the wily chapel elder; the superstitious housewife; and of course, the Gypsies who link all these together—and to whom there is much more than there seems...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally written in 1907, \u003cem\u003eCysgodau y Blynyddoedd Gynt \u003c\/em\u003ewas Gwyneth Vaughan's third novel, and it appears here in book form for the first time since it's  original serialisation, and with an introduction by Vaughan's biographer Rosanne Reeves. This novel is a story of mystery and hypocrisy, tolerance and forgiveness; but it is also the author's love-letter to a range of Welsh folk traditions and superstitions from the Aderyn Corff to the bards' meeting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"The ordinary people's dialogue is pure pleasure. They are all so natural and so Welsh...\" —Mari Ellis \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"[Gwyneth Vaughan's novels] bear comparison with many stories that have proven most successful in England, and they are superior beyond compare to any of the tales about Wales which have been written in English by the English, or those Welsh who cannot speak the language.\"\u003cbr\u003e—T. Gwynn Jones\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback, 340pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47987021021516,"sku":"MB0011","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781739440398.jpg?v=1712935890"},{"product_id":"dinistr-jerusalem-a-cherddi-eraill-eben-fardd","title":"Dinistr Jerusalem a Cherddi Eraill (Eben Fardd)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLlithrig yw'r palmant llathrwyn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMôr gwaed ar y marmor gwyn.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEben Fardd was the bardic name of the noted poet Ebenezer Thomas (1802-1863). Originally from Llanarmon, Gwynedd, he worked as a schoolmaster in a number of schools in Eifionydd and the Llŷn peninsula as well as other minor professions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis interest in poetry was obvious from an early age and his first Eisteddfod success came in 1824 when he won the Powys Eisteddfod in Welshpool with his \u003cem\u003eawdl \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eDinistr Jeruslaem,\u003c\/em\u003e his greatest and most famous poem. Numerous other successes came his way over the next few decades; he was also a fine hymn-writer. He died shortly after the establishment of the National Eisteddfod and never won any of its major prizes despite competing unsuccessfully in 1862 with his \u003cem\u003eawdl \u003c\/em\u003eon \u003cem\u003eY Flwyddyn.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEben Fardd was one of the greatest and most important Welsh poets of his age, and a master of \u003cem\u003ecynghanedd\u003c\/em\u003e. In the words of critic Thomas Parry, \"it can be said that he had more of the nature of a true poet than almost any of the nineteenth century's Eisteddfod poets.\" His early work represents the high water mark of descriptive classicism in Welsh, and his later work the beginnings of Romanticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis selection of his work includes three of his eisteddfod \u003cem\u003eawdlau \u003c\/em\u003eand about two dozen other shorter poems reflecting the talents of the poet from Eifionydd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 136pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51786329981260,"sku":"MB0025","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237352_3d4372e2-7b23-4ec3-9fb3-e039bb0dfaca.jpg?v=1773225838"},{"product_id":"y-llaw-gudd","title":"Y Llaw Gudd (E. 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He featured in four adventures - one novel and three novellas - over a period of twenty-seven years, and this volume brings together the three shorter adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eY Llaw Gudd\u003c\/em\u003e ('The Hidden Hand', 1924) is a traditional murder mystery with a Welsh twist that sees Aubrey investigate the murder of a farmer in the Welsh countryside. \u003cem\u003eCeulan y Llyn Du\u003c\/em\u003e ('Black Lake Hollow', 1944) sees Aubrey tasked to investigate the sudden disappearance of a businessman only to be drawn into a plot seeking revenge; whilst in \u003cem\u003eLlofrudd yn y Chwarel\u003c\/em\u003e ('Murderer in the Quarry', 1951) he's on the trail of a dangerous fugitive. These three stories, reissued here for the first time since their original publications, were important contributions to crime literature in Welsh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 234pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56951451124044,"sku":"MB0058","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237840.jpg?v=1773226816"},{"product_id":"dirgelwch-gallt-y-ffrwd","title":"Dirgelwch Gallt y Ffrwd (E. Morgan Humphreys)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAc yna daeth sŵn arall, sŵn gwyliadwrus, araf, sŵn y buasai'n hawdd i ddyn oedd heb fod yn gwrando fethu ei glywed... Yr oedd ffenestr y stydi yn agor yn araf. Ac yna, tra gwrandawai, clywai sŵn rhywun yn dyfod i mewn.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Daliwch eich dwylo i fyny!\" meddai Aubrey, yn uchel, gan daflu drws y stydi yn llydan agored â'i droed a goleuo'r fflachell fawr a ddaliai yn ei law chwith. Yn ei law dde yr oedd ei refolfer yn barod i waith...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSent to a quiet area on the Welsh coast in search of a stolen precious stone, the famous detective John Aubrey is drawn into a web of plots following the discovery of a local man's dead body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore long he finds himself in the midst of a web of lies where nobody can be trusted, facing mysterious adversaries who won't hesitate to kill again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second and longest story to feature the detective John Aubrey, \u003cem\u003eDirgelwch Gallt y Ffrwd\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e('The Mystery of River Heights') was originally published in 1938. 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