The Moles of Intriguer House, Bassaleg Fields, Newport, South Wales

                           

The Moles of Intriguer House,

Bassaleg Fields, South Wales

In the book “The Flower Beneath the Foot” ( from 1922), the fantasy writer Ronald Firbank ( whose family for generations made a home in Newport, South Wales ) first parodied the local squires, the Morgans of Tredegar House, as the “Intriguers of Intriguer House”.

Now, meet the Moles of Intriguer House : a carnivorous collection of poor-sighted creatures who’ve masqueraded for centuries as ‘top dogs” (well, top moles) with dominion over the other creatures who made their home in Bassaleg Fields and Intriguer Park.

These Moles have burrowed above & below the lush grasses adjoining Intriguer House the ancient home for 500 years of Lord & Lady Intriguer. And these little beasts have endured all kinds of turmoil right across the world in parallel lives with their human counterparts, and have survived the passage of time and the changes in modern Society.

The book contains many short profiles of the Moles, very loosely drawn on some real life characters in the infamous Morgan family and recalled to life by William Cross, author of many books on the Lords and Ladies Tredegar and the Morgans.

In what William Cross calls “ a fictitious flirt” he offers up some delicious, devious cameos, with a dastardly blend of history, tragedy and comedy and puts the lives of the Moles of Intriguer House under the spotlight in some skilful takes, making deliberate stabs at hypocrisy, Morgan myths and at those tasked to keep the Morgan story alive but who seem far from capable of fulfilling the task.

ISBN 10 1905914709 ISBN 13 9781905914708
Published by William P. Cross
Book Midden Publishing
58 Sutton Road
Newport Gwent NP19 7JF, United Kingdom
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