Welsh Biographies

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 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 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...

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

Description This is the story of a unique habitat that has been so ravaged, most people today don’t realise it exists. Temperate rainforest may onc...

Description The true story of former criminal defence lawyer Dylan Rhys Jones' experience of defending Rhyl serial killer Peter Moore, found guilty...

Description The first study of the pioneer of open-air museums in Britain, putting his work as scholar and curator into the international context o...

Description Gwyn Thomas was born, the last of twelve children, into a Rhondda mining family in 1913. After a childhood marked by the strikes of the...

Description From a humble background in Barry, where his father was a butcher and local politician in the formative years of the new town, Cyril La...

Description Mr Jones - The Man Who Knew Too Much, is the first biography of Gareth Jones and reveals the remarkable yet tragically short life of th...

Description The author’s memoirs of growing up on the Llŷn Peninsula in the 1950s and 1960s, bookended by memories from other members of the Pwllhe...

Description The first full-length biography of Edward Lhwyd, this is an important contribution to the history of science in the fields of botany, p...

Description Farming methods are often viewed as harmful to nature and the environment, causing friction between those wanting to protect wildlife a...

Description From a humble background in Barry, where his father was a butcher and local politician in the formative years of the new town, Cyril La...

Description The astonishing story of Henry Coombe-Tennant (1913-89), who served in the British Army in World War II, escaping from a POW camp, join...