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Description A Biblical exposition - prepared originally by Gareth Lloyd Jones - throwing light on the life and work of Moses of the Old Testament. ...

Description Rome had marched from Viroconium to the shore facing the island of the Druids. Now came the time of slaughter and destruction of a peop...

Description Biography of Dic Penderyn, hanged for stabbing a soldier after the 1831 Merthyr Rising – a crime later confessed to by someone else – a...

ISBN: 9781845276829 Publication Date June 2019Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Illustrated by Chris Lliff Format: Paperback, 210x210 mm, 84...

Description The history of Ukrainian town Hughesovka, a mining/steel town founded in the 1870s by Welsh entrepreneur John Hughes and 70 Welsh worke...

Description This book explores the history of Wales under the Tudor and Stuart monarchs. It tackles subjects such as the Union of Wales and England...

Description Something of hero of early Celtic studies, Lhuyd was a Welsh naturalist, botanist, linguist, antiquary and geographer. From 1697 he mad...

 Description Enchanted Wales is an invitation to voyage through the key stories of Welsh mythic literature, exploring not just their medieval texts...

Entertaining Mid Wales & Beyond by Alan Crowe is a book that chronicles the stories of the many and varied entertainers to emerge from or work...

ISBN: 9781845275594 (1845275594)Publication Date April 2016Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, LlanrwstFormat: Paperback, 150x155 mm, 128 pagesLanguage...

Description Before 1990 no-one knew that over a thousand Welsh legal documents were filed at the Welsh National Library. These probate documents co...

Description A magazine published twice a year by Cymdeithas Hanes Amaethyddiaeth Cymru (Wales's agricultural history society). It includes articles...

A publication by Emyr Davies, Llysmwyn, containing portraits of local characters from the Banw Valley and poetry written in their honour.  

Description Insightful, first-hand accounts of refugees fleeing to Wales to escape Nazism in the 1930s and 40s. A popular topic, this book appeals ...

 Description In The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts, renowned folklorists Delyth Badder and Mark Norman present an intriguing and comprehensive selection...

Description Mathematics is an integral component of Welsh culture. In this book, the history of twelve mathematicians born in Wales or who worked i...

Description At the opening of Llanfyllin’s first secondary school in 1900, the local rector defended education against those who opposed its spread...

Description The hitherto untold story of a civilian tented hospital, raised by public subscription in Wales. It travelled to South Africa in 1900 a...

ISBN: 9781850492535 Publication Date August 2017Publisher: Gwasg Bryntirion Press, Bridgend Format: Paperback, 229x152 mm, 112 pages Language:Welsh...

Description This book examines masculinity and femininity in Wales across modern Welsh history. Contributors question what it meant to be a man and...

ISBN: 9781912631193 Publication Date November 2019Publisher: Y Lolfa, Tal-y-bont Format: Paperback, 200x212 mm, 168 pages Language: English A book...

Description No artist has been more committed to recording and interpreting such environments as places of industry and the gaunt and mournful rema...

Description John Parker held the living of two parishes either side of the Welsh border, first at Llanmerewig near Newtown and later at Llanyblodwe...

Description Nuclear technology is an amazing feat of human ingenuity, yet with its incredibly destructive power and the highly radioactive waste th...

Description This factual thriller details a scandal which has been described as one of the most widespread and significant miscarriages of justice ...

Description Medieval gardens usually rate very few pages in the garden history books. The general perception is still of small gardens in the corne...

Description This new edition of 'Hands Off Wales' addresses the campaign of militant activism which Wales witnessed between 1963 and 1969, showing ...

Description The history of Tregaron and surrounding area - the people, the places and local stories. Includes pictures. Details ISBN: 9781800992146...

Description The history of Tregaron and surrounding area - the people, the places and local stories. Includes pictures. Details ISBN: 9781800992634...

Description A fascinating and informative volume sure of wide appeal, being an adaptation of Ifor ap Glyn's 2017 radio series of the same name, pr...

ISBN: 9781786833471 Publication Date November 2018Publisher: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press, Cardiff Format: Paperback, 216x138 ...

Description A one-volume history of Christianity in Wales, from its Roman origins to the present Details ISBN: 9781786838216 Publication Date: 15 ...

Description A new version of the magisterial volume on Welsh history, with information extending from the ice-age to the current period. Includes a...

Description The first detailed study of Thomas Rees' background and the part he played in the mid-19th century Rebecca Riots in west Wales. Events ...

Description This is the biography of one well-loved Welshman from the Tanat Valley.  In World War Two he was whisked away from his village, into th...

ISBN: 9781912631070 Publication Date June 2019Publisher: Y Lolfa, Tal-y-bont Format: Hardback, 242x160 mm, 384 pages Language: English Authorised b...

Description Hugh Jones was the last traditional shepherd of the upper Tywi valley. His memoirs recalls traditions and customs that have long vanish...

Description Spanning three centuries and telling the story of three women who come to 'share' a house in Denbigh. It opens at Lleweni, just outside...

Description The Little Book of Welsh Culture is a fast-paced, fact-filled journey through the cultural heritage of Wales, exploring the rich histor...

Description A Little Gay History of Wales examines the lives, cultures and politics of ordinary LGBT men and women from the medieval period to the ...

Description A magazine about country life in Wales. Includes articles and stories about life and customs of the past, folklore and reminiscences of...

Description This volume reveals the long and dramatic history of one of Wales's most popular towns, from the arrival of its first visitors, twelve ...

Description This volume explores the various means by which historians write history. This is an introduction to historiography - the study of wri...