Song of the Earth

Mostyn Evan and his family, miners turned bargees, wage a glorious

but hopeless struggle against rapacious coalmasters, Irish navvies,

the ravages of cholera, and the bullying illegal Unions.

As they ply their trade between the furnaces of Cyfarthfa and the lush

beauty of the Neath Valley, they pray and fight, sing and love, and face

each obstacle undaunted with all the stubbornness and exuberance

of Wales itself.

This is the third instalment in Alexander Cordell's magnificent saga of

nineteenth century Wales that began with classic bestseller The Rape

of the Fair Country.