ROBERTS, William Owen - Pestilence - (Hardcover in Wrapper)

Did belong to a library before but book and wrapper remained in a good condition - 261 pg. - Translated from the Welsh 'y pla' - Little used.    >>>    This Welsh novel won the Welsh Arts Council Prize in 1988 - In 1347, Salah Ibn al Khatib, a wealthy young man, sets out from his native Egypt on a mission of vengeance  To kill the king of France. Meanwhile, a poverty-stricken Welsh village is simply trying to survive as serfs, free men, and the nobility cope with a variety of disasters. And both Salah and the Welsh villagers face a plague that knows no barriers. To the modern reader Salah may seem like a simpleton. But with some diligence on the reader's part, many moments of pleasure will emerge from this exotic narrative, and the whole will add up to a compelling tapestry of long ago and far away.    >>>   Set in the 14th century, this novel is about Welsh bondsmen, labouring on the land and caught in the trap of feudalism, and the progress of the Black Death across Europe. The plague comes to Wales, the chains of feudalism are broken, but is the rural community the same ?     * Prize Winner *