Song Castle

Song Castle vividly brings to life the Wales of the 12th century: its extreme wealth, its abject poverty, its senseless violence, the growing tension between the Normans and the native Welsh and the region's increasingly pivotal place in medieval culture. In doing so, this book touches on a time and place rarely tackled in literature, a time when Welsh national identity was in the first stages of its development. But Song Castle also tells, through the colourful voices of its characters, a true story. It tells of one man's desire, in a land rocked by upheaval, for the territory over which he presided to be remembered for something truly remarkable.

Castelul Song da viata in mod viu Tarii Galilor din secolul al XII-lea: bogatia sa extrema, saracia sa extrema, violenta fara sens, tensiunea crescanda dintre normani si galezul nativ si locul din ce in ce mai important al regiunii in cultura medievala. In acest sens, aceasta carte atinge un moment si un loc rareori abordate in literatura, un moment in care identitatea nationala galeza se afla in primele etape ale dezvoltarii sale.