Query: 1980's Welsh novels
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
People of the Black Mountains
On Wings of Eagles
Headlong (Williams novel)
The Pillars of the Earth
The Man from St. Petersburg
Evidence from documents: People of the Black Mountains: '''''People of the Black Mountains''''' is an historical novel by Raymond Williams.


This book is a work in two volumes, published in 1989 and 1990. It features a great diversity of people in a single place across the ages. Most of them are ordinary people living unprivileged lives. It is told thorough a series of flashbacks featuring an ordinary man in modern times. He is looking for his grandfather who has not returned from a hill-walk, but has visions of the past as it might have been.
On Wings of Eagles: '''''On Wings of Eagles''''' is a 1983 non-fiction thriller written by British author Ken Follett. Set against the background of the Iranian revolution, it tells a story based on the rescue of Paul Chiapparone and Bill Gaylord from prison in Tehran by a team of Electronic Data Systems executives led by retired Col. Arthur D. Simons.
Headlong (Williams novel): '''''Headlong''''' is a 1980 alternate history novel by Emlyn Williams.
The Pillars of the Earth: '''''The Pillars of the Earth''''' is a historical novel by Welsh author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England. Set in the 12th century, the novel covers the time between the sinking of the ''White Ship'' and the murder of Thomas Becket, but focuses primarily on the Anarchy. The book traces the development of Gothic architecture out of the preceding Romanesque architecture, and the fortunes of the Kingsbridge priory and village against the backdrop of historical events of the time.
The Man from St. Petersburg: '''''The Man from St. Petersburg''''' is a thriller novel by Welsh writer Ken Follett, published in 1982.