![]() ![]() Probably named after Rebekah, who, in Genesis, is urged to “let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them”, they ceremoniously destroyed toll gates and took a lively and sometimes aggressive interest in the behaviour of young women and those who exploited them. ![]() ![]() Rebecca was the name given to a movement initially against the imposition of tolls penalising the movement of livestock and goods, but also targeting landowners, gentry, and Anglican clergy, who exacted tithes from a predominantly Nonconformist population. So the scene is set for this beguiling and finely crafted novel that is guaranteed to galvanise reading groups and individual page-turners alike. The inquest continues into the riots of 1839-44 which bear that name, and the jury is still out on who did what, when, and why. REBECCA is still a name to conjure with in the coastlands and countryside of West Wales. ![]()
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