Library of Wales: Battle to the Weak

In rural Radnorshire, the start of the twentieth century brings a new generation that clashes with the conservative traditionalism of an old way of life. Rhys Lloyd, with his ideal of Social Darwinism, is a dangerous figure in the village but his love for church-going Esther Bevan is deeper-rooted still. Esther suffers the casual brutality of her agricultural upbringing with an inner strength which is sorely tested by the trials of love and the land in which she lives.