Lona (T. Gwynn Jones)

“Dewines, duwies, drychiolaeth, pa beth? Rhywbeth ond geneth gyffredin o gig a gwaed. Bwriodd ei hud drosto hyd na wyddai ef pa beth i’w feddwl amdani. Agorodd ffenestr ei henaid iddo, a dangosodd beth o’r trysor ysblennydd oedd yno, heb yn wybod i neb ond iddi hi ei hun, ac heb ei bod hithau hefyd, o ran hynny, yn gwybod fod ynddo ddim oedd mor brin a rhyfeddol.”

The young minister Merfyn Owen has just moved to a new area when a chance meeting turns his world upside down: the beautiful Irish girl Lona O'Neil, who lives on the fringes of the community and is even suspected of magic. But as their romance swiftly blossoms, what will the implications be for Merfyn's position in the community - and what is her family's mysterious link with Merfyn's own murky past?  

Inspired by W. B. Yeats' Kathleen ni Houlihan, Lona was T. Gwynn Jones' favourite of his own novels and appears here for the first time in over a century. A timeless classic.

 “Lona is a love  story, and it's a very readable one still. The dialogue and narrative is swift and natural...”

—Alan Llwyd

Paperback, 196 pages.