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Welsh Biographies
Welsh biographies. Biographies about Welsh celebrities. English biographies about Welsh celebrities and sportspeople.
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And - A Memoir of My Mother
No reviewsDescription Isabel Adonis was born in London in 1951, to Welshwoman Catherine Alice Hughes, and renowned Guyanese artist Denis Williams, whose work...
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Best in Sound and Form and Hue, The - John Squire, Musician and Artist (1833-1909)
No reviewsDescription A fascinating work of social history which places the life and career of John Squire, a very influential figure in the musical life of ...
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Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas - The Two Dylans
No reviewsDescription 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...
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Brando's Bride
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...
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Campaigns of Margaret Lloyd George, The - The Wife of the Prime Minister 1916-1922
No reviewsDescription 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...
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Charles - The King and Wales
No reviewsDescription 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...
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Dylan Thomas - Fern Hill to Milk Wood
No reviewsDescription A beautifully designed, fully illustrated introduction to the life and work of Dylan Thomas, probably Wales' most beloved writer. A bio...
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Farm That Raised Me, The
No reviewsDescription 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...
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Frank Lloyd Wright - The Architecture of Defiance
No reviewsDescription Many authors have recounted the extraordinary achievements and the turmoil of Frank Lloyd Wright's life, but this is the first study to...
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Fury of Past Time
No reviewsDescription This landmark biography, enriched with unrivalled access to private papers and international archives, tells the remarkable story of on...
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Gay Aliens and Queer Folk
No reviewsDesription 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...
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Grav - Welsh Rugby's Biggest Character - Remembering Ray Gravell
No reviewsDescription 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...
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In Service - The Story of a Welsh Guardsman
No reviewsDescription In Service is the tale of one person's journey into manhood, ultimately finding himself in the theatre of war. Details ISBN: 9781803992...
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Iolo's Revenge - Sheep Farming by Happy Accident in Mid-Wales
Description In 2005 Diana Ashworth and her husband spotted a dilapidated farmhouse with 25 acres in a rural hamlet in Montgomeryshire, the plan b...
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Jan Morris - Life from Both Sides
No reviewsDescription When Jan Morris passed away in 2020, she was considered one of Britain's best-loved writers. The author of Venice, Pax Britannica, Conu...
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Lady Charlotte Guest - The Exceptional Life of a Female Industrialist
No reviewsDescription When impoverished aristocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie married wealthy Welsh ironmaster John Guest of Dowlais in 1833, her relatives looked...
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Lost Rainforests of Britain, The
No reviewsDescription 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...
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Man in Black, The - Peter Moore - Wales' Worst Serial Killer
Description The true story of former criminal defence lawyer Dylan Rhys Jones' experience of defending Rhyl serial killer Peter Moore, found guilty...
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Man, Myth and Museum - Iorwerth C. Peate and the Making of the Welsh Folk Museum
No reviewsDescription The first study of the pioneer of open-air museums in Britain, putting his work as scholar and curator into the international context o...
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Modern Wales: Fury of Past Time - A Life of Gwyn Thomas
No reviewsDescription 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...
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Modern Wales: Smooth Operator - Life and Times of Cyril Lakin, Editor, Broadcaster and Politician, The
No reviewsDescription 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...
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Mr Jones - The Man Who Knew Too Much - The Life and Death of Gareth Jones
No reviewsDescription 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...
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On Bonfires, Butlins and Being Welsh - Growing up in Pwllheli in the '50S and '60S
No reviewsDescription 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...
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Scientists of Wales: Edward Lhwyd - C. 1660-1709, Naturalist, Antiquary, Philologist
No reviewsDescription The first full-length biography of Edward Lhwyd, this is an important contribution to the history of science in the fields of botany, p...
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Shaping the Wild - Wisdom from a Welsh Hill Farm
No reviewsDescription Farming methods are often viewed as harmful to nature and the environment, causing friction between those wanting to protect wildlife a...
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Smooth Operator
No reviewsDescription 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...
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Wales' Unknown Hero - Soldier, Spy, Monk
No reviewsDescription 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...
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