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And I shall sleep ... down where the moon is small.
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First published April 30, 1970
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Richard Llewellyn
34 books116 followersRichard Llewellyn (real name Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd) was a British novelist.
Llewellyn was born of Welsh parents in Hendon, north London in 1906. Only after his death was it discovered that his claim that he was born in St. Davids, West Wales was false, though of course he was of Welsh blood.
Several of his novels dealt with a Welsh theme, the best-known being How Green Was My Valley (1939), which won international acclaim and was made into a classic Hollywood film. It immortalised the way of life of the South Wales Valleys coal mining communities, where Llewellyn spent a small amount of time with his grandfather. Three sequels followed.
He lived a peripatetic life, travelling widely throughout his life. Before World War II, he spent periods working in hotels, wrote a play, worked as a coal miner and produced his best known novel. During World War II, he rose to the rank of Captain in the Welsh Guards. Following the war, he worked as a journalist, covering the Nuremberg Trials, and then as a screenwriter for MGM. Late in his life, he lived in Eilat, Israel.
Protagonists who assume new identities, often because they are transplanted into foreign cultures, are a recurring element in Llewellyn's novels, including a spy adventure that extends through several volumes.
Llewellyn married twice: his first wife was Nona Sonstenby, whom he married in 1952 and divorced in 1968, and his second wife was Susan Heimann, whom he married in 1974.
Llewellyn was born of Welsh parents in Hendon, north London in 1906. Only after his death was it discovered that his claim that he was born in St. Davids, West Wales was false, though of course he was of Welsh blood.
Several of his novels dealt with a Welsh theme, the best-known being How Green Was My Valley (1939), which won international acclaim and was made into a classic Hollywood film. It immortalised the way of life of the South Wales Valleys coal mining communities, where Llewellyn spent a small amount of time with his grandfather. Three sequels followed.
He lived a peripatetic life, travelling widely throughout his life. Before World War II, he spent periods working in hotels, wrote a play, worked as a coal miner and produced his best known novel. During World War II, he rose to the rank of Captain in the Welsh Guards. Following the war, he worked as a journalist, covering the Nuremberg Trials, and then as a screenwriter for MGM. Late in his life, he lived in Eilat, Israel.
Protagonists who assume new identities, often because they are transplanted into foreign cultures, are a recurring element in Llewellyn's novels, including a spy adventure that extends through several volumes.
Llewellyn married twice: his first wife was Nona Sonstenby, whom he married in 1952 and divorced in 1968, and his second wife was Susan Heimann, whom he married in 1974.
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March 6, 2014
Dedication: To the memory of my sister
Gladwys,
Commandant, Royal Red Cross,
and her neices, Ann and Sally,
and marie, nicest of women,
killed in the bombing of London, June 1944
ever with love
Richard.
Opening: Dearly touched a heart can be with proof of love from an absent one.
This is the third installment about Huw Morgan and I am hoping that it will be livelier than the disappointing and lack-lustre Up, Into the Singing Mountains.
5* How Green Was My Valley
2* Up, into the Singing Mountain
CR Down Where The Moon is Small
February 19, 2017
Loved the first book in college. Disappointed by the second. This one was even harder to get through. It's been years since I read it now, so the details are fuzzy, but I remember that Huw wanders through life attracted to beautiful women and destroying their lives. I wanted to break into the narrative and warn the women to run from his handsome face and never look back! These poor broken women. I think one kills herself and another jumps off a cliff. It's like watching a train wreck, and not one with amazing special effects to make it go "wow," just the crashing, twisting, and mess.
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August 27, 2019
Amazing book series, so poetic and beautifully descriptive. I read all of these books in 1980 & again over the years since. I plan to get them all again & binge-read them!!
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