True Confessions of William Owen - Smuggler, Privateer and Murderer, The — Bigamist and Murderer

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Bu ysgrifennu'r llyfr hwn yn dipyn o stori dditectif ynddi ei hun. Cychwynnodd gyda thrawsysgrif o gyfaddefiad llofrudd, a hynny'n arwain at archwilio croesddywediadau. Ar hyd y daith, daethpwyd i adnabod y cnaf John Lilly, gwrthwynebydd William Owen, a laddwyd ganddo.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

The writing of this book became a detective story. It began as a straightforward modernised transcription of a condemned murderer's confession, but contradictions had to be explored. Along the way, we become acquainted with the rogue John Lilly, Owen's adversary then accomplice, whom Owen killed to escape a hue and cry on Lilly's horse.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Terry Breverton has written over fifty books, his main emphasis being upon Welsh history, heritage and culture, and has been translated into over twenty languages, including Chinese, Japanese and Turkish. A former international businessman, consultant and academic, he has appeared in several documentaries and given talks upon Wales in Boston, Vancouver, Washington and elsewhere. He has been awarded the Welsh Books Council’s ‘Book of the Month’ five times.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

We discover where he shot Lilly, on a field then renamed Cae Lilly, and that some of his remarkable claims were indeed true. We find out that he committed bigamy, and examine the trial where he was oddly acquitted of murdering customs officers. A strange man, who thought nothing of killing unarmed men in cold blood, admitted to many affairs, visiting brothels and fathering illegitimate children, yet despised drunkenness, the book examines the truth and lies of his remarkable life.