Davids, West Wales was false, though of course he was of Welsh blood. Only after his death was it discovered that his claim that he was born in St. Llewellyn was born of Welsh parents in Hendon, north London in 1906. Before World War II, he Richard Llewellyn (real name Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd) was a British novelist. He lived a peripatetic life, travelling widely throughout his life. It immortalised the way of life of the South Wales Valleys coal mining communities, where Llewellyn spent a small amount of time with his grandfather. Several of his novels dealt with a Welsh theme, the best-known being How Green Was My Valley (1939), which won international acclaim and was made into a classic Hollywood film. Richard Llewellyn (real name Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd) was a British novelist.
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