Shadow of the Sickle

Set in the wake of World War II, this gripping tale of rural Welsh life has themes that still resonate today, its vivid young protagonists struggling to find their place in the world in the face of great change and clashing with the traditional ways of their parents. Harri Vaughan, brilliant student and wartime conscientious objector, returns to Lleifior, farmed by his ancestors for two centuries. He is engaged, naturally, to Lisabeth Pugh, daughter of wealthy neighbouring farm Trawscoed. B...