{"product_id":"dafydd-elis-thomas-aled-eirug-9781837722280","title":"Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Nation Builder","description":"\u003cb\u003eA novel exploration of why Dafydd Elis-Thomas, the leader of Plaid Cymru, the Welsh Nationalist party, didn't believe in nationalism and how this changed Welsh politics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas of Nant Conwy is one of the most outstanding Welsh public figures of the last fifty years. His political career spans from his first election as MP for the Welsh Nationalist Party in 1974 at the age of twenty-seven, to May 2021 when he finally retired after twenty-two years of service as a member of the Senedd. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At different stages in his career, he was branded a maverick, an intellectual acrobat and political chameleon, a terrorist for his interventions in Northern Ireland, and a traitor for opposing nationalism. As the first Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales, he helped stabilize the new institution and embedded devolution in its first tentative decade. His career has often been marked by controversy. This is what makes his story remarkable, just as his political life has proved to be unpredictable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Both controversial and magnetic, the life and thought of Elis-Thomas are captured in this biography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aled Eirug\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1837722285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837722280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wales Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Aled Eirug","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46927913124095,"sku":"9781837722280","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_469d831d-b335-453f-b634-1d74baf4f8d0.jpg?v=1749373357","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dafydd-elis-thomas-aled-eirug-9781837722280","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}