Owen Rhoscomyl

Name: Owen Rhoscomyl
Brand: University of Wales Press
SKU: 9781783169498
Price: 1750 KES
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ISBN: 9781783169498

by John S. Ellis

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Writers of Wales

ISBN-10 1783169494

ISBN-13 9781783169498

Publisher University of Wales Press

Imprint University of Wales Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 15th, 2016

Print length 208 Pages

Weight 278 grams

Dimensions 21.70 x 13.80 x 1.50 cms

Product Classification: Biography: historical, political & military Biography: literary Biography: historical, political and military Biography: writers

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Reflecting his own colourful past as a cowboy, international mercenary and hero of the Boer War, Owen Rhoscomyl created a heroic, martial and masculine image of the Welsh nation through his adventure fiction, popular history and public spectacle.

Owen Rhoscomyl (1863?1919) seems like a figure out of legend. A cowboy, frontiersman, soldier, and mercenary who roved through the American West, Patagonia, and South Africa before finally settling in Wales, he thrilled turn-of-the-century Wales with tales of his exploits. His deep identification with Wales animated his popular adventure novels and works of history, offering a vision of the Welsh as an inherently masculine and martial people, ready to lead the British imperial enterprise. At the same time, Rhoscomyl was a deeply flawed man, paying for his rough life in poverty, delinquency, and violence. This biography delves deeply into his life and career, painting a picture of a life of vaulting ambition, real achievement, and bitter disappointments. The Owen Rhoscomyl who emerges here, while not always admirable, is never less than thrilling.

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