The 1984 miners' strike was the most bitter conflict in British industrial history. Lasting a full twelve months it was responsible for a number of deaths, thousands of injuries and arrests and the dreadful division of communities and even families and the ultimate destruction of a once great industry. On her election Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minster at the time, announced, 'Where there is discord may we bring harmony.' 'Seeds of Discord' is a dramatic and absorbing novel that explores the effect of the great strike upon a community and one family in particular. In the tradition of DH Lawrence and Emile Zola, a true epic of working class life, set at a time when that life was under threat as never before.