Welsh Biographies

ISBN: 9781845276935 Publication Date July 2019Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Format: Paperback, 210x148 mm, 136 pages Language: Welsh    ...

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 On Christmas Eve, Mari takes mince pies to Mrs Cloch - a lonely old lady who has no visitors. Mari helps her to decorate the Christmas ...

Description Hardback book with ribbon which has been numbered. Comprising over 104 images. A volume of appreciation for the life and work of eminen...

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 Owen Morgan Edwards, from Llanuwchllyn in Gwynedd, was a politician, scholar, writer and publisher of magazines. He is well-known for p...

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 A foretaste of a larger publication which will feature 27 Welsh bards, this volume presents interview portraits of three bards who are ...

Description Biography of well-known character, Goronwy Evans, who has served as a minister for fifty years, and who is one of Lampeter's unique cha...

Description When he was a child, Alwyn Harding Jones discovered a book in his grandfather's handwriting recording the diary of Captain John Hughes,...

Description The revealing autobiography of Anglesey actress and presenter, Marged Esli who has enjoyed a long and varied career. She has always bel...

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...

Description The autobiography of Cefin Roberts is published by Gwasg y Bwthyn as he prepares to celebrate his 70th birthday in October 2023. A high...