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Dark Territory
by Jerry Hunter
(Y Lolfa, £9.99)
JERRY HUNTER’S debut novel, translated from Welsh into English by Patrick K Ford, is a compelling and forcefully propelled story of one man’s journey through the most tumultuous decades in British history.
Rhisiart Dafydd, his protagonist, starts off as a zealous and resolute Protestant who becomes a highly effective parliamentary pike man in the “Army of the Saints.”
With the glorious defeat of the Stuart monarchy, he embarks on a challenging quest to the New World.
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