Betrayal: Peggin’s Journey from the Ladies of Llangollen to Pontcysyllte – A Short Distance but at Great Cost

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Nofel yn portreadu merch benderfynol o’r dosbarth gweithiol yng ngogledd Cymru yn y 18fed ganrif. Mae Peggin yn forwyn i Wragedd Llangollen. pâr hoyw a symudai yng nghylchoedd llenyddol Byron a Wordsworth. Wedi’i gwrthod gan ei theulu, mae’n darganfod ei brawd Joe yn goruchwylio adeiladu dyfrbont Thomas Telford ym Mhontcysyllte.
A novel centred on a headstrong working-class girl in 18th-century north Wales. Peggin is a maid to the infamous Ladies of Llangollen, a gay couple who moved in the literary circles of Byron and Wordsworth. Abandoned by her family, she finds her long-lost brother Joe overseeing the building of Thomas Telford’s Pontcysyllte Acqueduct.