The Empty Room
Published on 31. March 2023
120 pages
978-1-84524-537-5 (ISBN)
Description
Based on the story of Eileen and Trefor Beasley's stand for the Welsh language in the 1950s, when they refused to pay the local council tax until they received a Welsh request form. Their protest lasted eight years and gave their family great hardship.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Havertown
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
File size
10,63 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84524-537-5 (9781845245375)
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- A word from the Author
- The Piano - Llangennech, 1956
- Convict
- The First Piece of Paper
- A Summons from Mr Richards
- Eileen in Court
- Mademoiselle Delyth
- Trefor and the Landowner
- A Call from Mr Bailiff
- A Member of the Gang
- Trefor and the Council
- The Best Woman in the World
- Ali Baba on Another Planet
- Poaching
- Trefor's Pots of Jam
- Not Giving Up
- Homework
- Two Tramps Go Out for a Walk
- The Postman Calls
- The Beasley's Party
- Afterword
- Translation of Welsh Words
- Novels steeped in history
- The Darkest of Days
- The Empty Room
- Paint!
- The Moon is Red
- Under the Welsh Not
- The Crown in the Quarry
- The Black Pit of Tonypandy
- Faster than the Swords
- The Dragon in the Castles
- Western Wildfire
- The Magic Hornpipe
- Woven
- The Iron Dam
- Fleeing the Fascists
- Black River
