Rape of the Fair Country

Alexander Cordell

A touching and thought provoking tale of toil and hardship amid a passionate community of Welsh labourers

Alexander Cordell's finest novel recounts the saga of the Mortymer family. Living in the Welsh Valleys, their struggles of working for the English owners of the harsh iron industry are turned into a captivating tale of the passions and hopes of a resilient community.

A historical novel in turn funny and tragic, Rape of the Fair Country is an engaging and moving novel set against the beautiful Welsh landscape.

The first part of a trilogy, Cordell followed Rape of the Fair Country with The Hosts of Rebecca and Song of the Earth.

Rape of The Fair Country was chosen by Radio Wales presenter Roy Noble as his Welsh book of choice.

《美麗國度的劫難》是Alexander Cordell(亞歷山大·考德)最出色的小說，講述了Mortymer(摩蒂莫)家族的英雄傳奇。他們生活在威爾士山谷，為制鐵工業的英國雇主從事著異常艱苦的勞作，但因為他們的堅忍不拔，原本一部心酸血淚史也變成了激情與希望的動人贊歌。

《美麗國度的劫難》以威爾士優美的風貌為背景，是本時而有趣時而悲傷的歷史小說，讀來感人至深、令人欲罷不能。

《美麗國度的劫難》是考德三部曲的第一部，他接著又寫了《利百加的軍隊》和《大地之歌》。

《美麗國度的劫難》被威爾士廣播電臺主持人Roy Noble(羅伊·諾博)選為他的威爾士優選書籍。