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    The Ladies of Gregynog
    The Ladies of Gregynog
    The Ladies of Gregynog
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    The Ladies of Gregynog

    By Eirene White

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    Eirene White’s The Ladies of Gregynog tells the story of Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, inheritors of great wealth at the end of the nineteenth century, and unique among their wealthy contemporaries in the early twentieth century. The two sisters devoted their large fortune to fostering the culture of their native Wales and, in 1920, acquired the Gregynog estate with the intention of establishing a craft commune. Today, almost a century later, Gregynog hall is a centre devoted to academic study, the revived Gregynog Press and a continuing tradition of music festivals in the fine setting of the estate gardens and arboretum. First published in 1985.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Wales Press
    Release dateFeb 1, 2011
    ISBN9781783161164
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