Huw T. Edwards

Author(s) Paul Ward

Language: English

Genre(s): Welsh Interest

Series: Celtic Radicals

  • February 2011 · 192 pages ·216x138mm

  • · Paperback - 9780708323281
  • · eBook - pdf - 9780708323298
  • · eBook - epub - 9781783164455

This book is the first biography of Huw T. Edwards (1929 - 1970), a key figure in the Welsh labour movement, who was known in the 1950s as the 'unofficial Prime Minister of Wales'. He was of working-class origin, a Welsh speaker and trade unionist involved in a wide range of activities associated with Welsh culture. He represented Wales to the BBC, chaired the Welsh Tourist Board, and was president of the Welsh Language Society.

Author(s): Paul Ward

Dr Paul Ward is Senior Lecturer in Modern British History, Huddersfield University. He has previously published with Boydell, Palgrave and Routledge.

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