<p><font><b><i>Brittle with Relics</i> is a landmark history of the people of Wales during a period of great national change</b><b>.</b></font><br><br>''Richly humane, viscerally political, generously multi-voiced, <i>Brittle with Relics</i> is oral history at its revelatory best.''<br><b>DAVID KYN</b><b>ASTON<br></b><br>''Fascinating.'' <i><b>OBSERVER</b></i><br>''Powerful.'' <i><b>LITERARY REVIEW<br></b></i>''Inspired.'' <b><i>GUARDIAN</i></b><br><br><i>Brittle with Relics</i> is a vital history of Wales undergoing some of the country¿s most seismic and traumatic events: the disasters of Aberfan and Tryweryn; the rise of the Welsh language movement; the Miners¿ Strike and its aftermath; and the narrow vote in favour of partial devolution.<br><br>Drawing upon the voices of its inhabitants ¿ includin Neil Kinnock, Rowan Williams, Leanne Wood, Gruff Rhys, Michael Sheen, Nicky Wire, Sian James, language activists, members of former mining communities and many more ¿ this is a v