We are about to launch
a new edition of To Dream of Freedom, a book that was once described in
the press as a “handbook for Welsh terrorists”. The book caused a storm of
controversy when it was originally published in 1980. The then Anglesey MP
Keith Best, amongst others, called on the book to be banned, claiming that it
contained instructions on how to prepare a bomb.
To
Dream of Freedom looks back at the Welsh bombing
campaigns of the sixties and describes the volatile political climate of Wales between
the drowning of Tryweryn and the investiture of Prince Charles. As well as
describing the activities of movements such as the Free Wales Army, Patriotic
Front, Lost Lands Liberation League and the more sophisticated MAC, many of the
main activists such as John Jenkins, Cayo Evans and Dennis Coslett tell the
story as they saw it. The new edition has a foreword by Sian Dalis Cayo-Evans,
daughter of the late Cayo Evans, the charismatic leader of the FWA, and has
many new revealing photographs from the height of the troubles.
To
Dream of Freedom is still regarded as a cult book
in the eyes of Welsh nationalist and revolutionaries. The drowning of the
Tryweryn valley almost exactly fifty years ago was a huge turing point in the history
of modern Wales and sparked, for the first time since Owain Glyndŵr’s days, an
armed rebellion in Wales. This extremely readable account of what happened
remains one of our best sellers and most iconic publications.
Get the book here
Some photos from the book...
