Yr Ogof (T. Rowland Hughes)

Sylwodd Beniwda hefyd ar eiddgarwch y bobl; yr oeddynt, yn amlwg, yn hanner-addoli'r dyn. Efallai fod Dan yn ei le, wedi'r cwbl. A hwn yn arwain y pererinion a Thera ar flaen ei filwyr, beth fyddai tri neu bedwar cant o Rufeinwyr?

Ond ai rhyddhau'r genedl oedd ei nod?

Although Joseff leads a comfortable enough life in first-century Judea, he's not without his troubles. His daughter Rwth is rather too friendly with a Roman centurion; he's worried about his son Beniwda's political activity; and his wife, Esther, wants him to be more ambitious.

It is with a view to promoting himself then that Joseff goes to Jerusalem; but when he gets drawn into events of enormous significance, he's forced to choose between his conscience and his ambition: between what's comfortable and what's right.

When he published Yr Ogof (The Cave) T. Rowland Hughes was already famous as the author of O Law i Law and William Jones, novels set in the quarrying communities of north-west Wales. His shift to biblical and historical material with his third novel was an unexpected change, but one that played to the strengths of his generation's most popular novelist in Welsh.

Paperback, 310pp.