History

ISBN: 9781859944950 Publication Date February 2019Publisher: Cyhoeddiadau'r Gair, Bangor Edited by Aled Davies Format: Paperback, 208x147 mm, 212 ...

 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 Wales is a land of castles. The best known are those built in the 13th century under King Edward I to defeat the native princes, but th...

Description A study of the thirty-five libraries built by Andrew Carnegie in Wales as an illustration of his world-wide commitment to the public li...

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...

ISBN: 9781859948736 Publication Date June 2019Publisher: Cyhoeddiadau'r Gair, Bangor Format: Paperback, 302 pages Language: Welsh A collection of b...

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

Description This book argues that industrial patriarchy in South Wales established an exclusive though damaging form of structural masculine confor...

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 The Golden Valley is an exploration and a celebration of a small south Wales valley. The site of ancient tombs and settlements, its rur...

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 A volume that evaluates the fragile and heroic history of 'Y Cylch Catholig', the society that promotes Catholic worship through the me...

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

Description In this volume, for the first time, the story of ethnic minorities in Welsh culture is discussed. Ethnic diversity is interpreted from...

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...

Description A Hardy Breed is a collection of 120 black and white photographs celebrating shepherding and sheep farming in mid and north Wales. An i...

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

Description There are so many amazing stories associated with the ancient pubs of Wales: some of them true, some of them exaggerated and some of th...