Welsh Biographies

Description A volume comprising the biographies of 18 Welsh ministers, tracing their calling to the ministry and how that calling was fulfilled, ov...

Description Isabel Adonis was born in London in 1951, to Welshwoman Catherine Alice Hughes, and renowned Guyanese artist Denis Williams, whose work...

Description A fascinating work of social history which places the life and career of John Squire, a very influential figure in the musical life of ...

Description As the ultimate Rock 'n' Roll Poets, Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas represent two sides of the same coin. Bob Dylan made the music. Dylan T...

Description In 1957 Marlon Brando married a young studio actress called Anna Kashfi. He was thirty-three and at the pinnacle of his fame. The weddi...

Description A highly readable, in-depth analysis of the public life of Dame Margaret as wife of Prime Minister David Lloyd George. After a brief in...

Description Portraits of some of Ceredigion's most famous people, with black and white pictures in each chapter. Written by renowned author and jou...

Description A comprehensive biography of John Roderick Rees, crofter, crowned bard and teacher, a simple yet complex personality. These contrasting...

Description Before Charles became King, he was Prince of Wales. It was a role he took more seriously than any predecessor of the modern British mon...

Description A biography of William Abraham (1842-1922), a miners' household hero, Trade Union pioneer, Member of Parliament for Rhondda from 1885 t...

Description The entertaining autobiography of John Glyn Jones, well-known Welsh cornet player, conductor of Oakeley band for over 25 years, and bra...

Description In this volume we follow Cranogwen, Sarah Jane Rees (1893-1916) of Llangrannog. She was a poet, lecturer, editor, preacher and temperan...

Description A biography of Gwilym Prys-Davies, an astute and hard working politician who had a massive influence on Welsh politics and culture. Wri...

Description The first full biography of Albert Evans Jones (1895-1970) - Cynan as he was known - a larger than life character who was influential i...

Description This is the story of Sir David James, who spent his early years in Pontrhydfendigaid, but lived most of his life in London where he dev...

Description A special volume celebrating the contribution of Grace Roberts to the literary world in Wales for over 60 years. All her writings are v...

Description The story of a particular Welsh community during the American Civil War. It focuses in an easy-to-read style on the army members and al...

Description A beautifully designed, fully illustrated introduction to the life and work of Dylan Thomas, probably Wales' most beloved writer. A bio...

Description This is a hugely engaging, finely written and observed account of growing up on a farm on the Welsh border in the 1950s. It details the...

Description Many authors have recounted the extraordinary achievements and the turmoil of Frank Lloyd Wright's life, but this is the first study to...

Description This landmark biography, enriched with unrivalled access to private papers and international archives, tells the remarkable story of on...

Description A volume that traces the effect that reporting in difficult circumstances has had on some of Wales's most noteable journalists. We hear...

Desription Gay Aliens and Queer Folk takes a deep dive into the queer narratives Russell T Davies has brought to our screens, exploring how each wo...

Description Ray Gravell was undoubtedly one of Wales and rugby's greatest characters. He touched the hearts of all who met him, and his sincere int...

Description The life and work of mathematician and actuary Griffith Davies. The book describes his education and work and the social and economic b...

Description A readable volume covering the humour of three of Ceredigion's leading writers: Moc Rogers, Tegwyn Jones and Hywel Teifi Edwards. Detai...

Description In Service is the tale of one person's journey into manhood, ultimately finding himself in the theatre of war. Details ISBN: 9781803992...

  Description In 2005 Diana Ashworth and her husband spotted a dilapidated farmhouse with 25 acres in a rural hamlet in Montgomeryshire, the plan b...

Description When Jan Morris passed away in 2020, she was considered one of Britain's best-loved writers. The author of Venice, Pax Britannica, Conu...

Description Biography of Jan Morris comprising photographs and stories, together with ten tributes by writers and friends. Details ISBN: 9781845277...

Description When impoverished aristocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie married wealthy Welsh ironmaster John Guest of Dowlais in 1833, her relatives looked...

Description It was appropriate to begin this musical pilgrimage in Pwllheli, and to draw it to a close only a few miles from the town. Leila Megàne...