History

Description A comprehensive collection of the varied folklore of the Tanat Valley - Dyffryn Tanat, bringing together stories and traditions from th...

Description A study of the creation of the historic county of Denbighshire in Wales.  The lordship of Denbigh, held by prominent English barons fol...

Description A critical contextualizing of the early work of modernist painter Ceri Richards. This study assesses Ceri Richards’s early art and care...

Description Explores the theological beliefs and teachings of Griffith Jones, his support for the Welsh language, and his persuasion of English sup...

Description ‘A remarkable and important book’ – Murdo Macdonald, Planet Peter Lord surveys the evolution of the visual culture of Wales from the Re...

Description What the fascinating life of Edward Vaughan reveals about the politics of early modern England and Wales. This book tells the remarkabl...

Description The Welsh in North Staffordshire is a new local history book that uniquely examines Welsh migration to all parts of North Staffordshire...

Description This volume describes the development of religious thought in Wales between 1760 and 1900. Although the emphasis is on religious though...

Description Change intrudes into the remote valleys of the Black Mountains. What will happen to life there, and to grieving farmer's daughter Beth,...

Description The Gwent Levels line the north shore of the Severn in South Wales: Cas Gwent (Chepstow) at its head; its more famous cousin, the Somer...

Description An extremely comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to the history and evolution of the castle under Wales' native rulers (c.1066-1283)...

Description The story of two brothers in World War II. Christopher Burney was a secret agent tortured by the Gestapo and sent to a concentration ca...

Description For the first time, here is an edition of new discoveries relating to Welsh medieval saints in early modern manuscripts. It will have a...

Description This fully illustrated volume contains a selection from the many thousands of works spanning more than seven hundred years, with short ...

Description This fully illustrated volume contains a selection from the many thousands of works spanning more than seven hundred years, with short ...

A hardback book with colour photos depicting the artist, Claudia Williams's artistic response to the drowning of Tryweryn. This lovely book include...

Description The Turning Tide is a hymn to a sea passage of world-historical importance. Combining social and cultural history, nature-writing, trav...

Description Collection of 43 essays vividly outlining aspects of Rhondda experience and contrasting life there as it used to be and as it is now. I...

Description From the very beginnings of Wales, its people have defined themselves against their large neighbour. Wales - England's Colony? shows th...

Description Wales in 100 Objects is a beautiful volume to treasure, presenting what the author considers the 100 most important physical objects in...

Description A comprehensive account of the part played by Wales in WWII and the conflict's impact on every area of the country and all involved: ci...

 Description Discover 366 fun and surprising stories about Welsh history and culture that most history books leave out – each linked to a specific ...

Description The exciting story of the Welsh immigrants and their descendants who made a disproportionate contribution to the creation and growth of...

Description Wales: A Hundred Records is an anthology of the highlights of the careers of the most important recording artists that Wales has ever p...

Description In the early 1900's north-east Wales was a dangerous place for women - Suffragist's meetings descended into near riot, or in some cases...

Description The region around Oswestry in north-west Shropshire is a remarkable corner of England in which, for much of the last thousand years, We...

Description The Welsh at War trilogy is the culmination of over twelve years of painstaking research by the author into the Welsh men and infantry ...

Description A Welsh County at War is not a military history of horror in the trenches, but a social and cultural history of life in one Welsh count...

Description  A volume that explores more than two thousand years of history to discover the rich, forgotten heritage of Welsh foods - from oysters ...

Description This volume is the fruit of decades of research by the Revd D Ben Rees into the unique story of the Welsh people living in Liverpool an...

Description A history of the Welsh language in Cardiff over a thousand years. Details ISBN: 9781784618827 Publication Date November 2020 Author: Ow...

Description Second volume in the series for general readership, explaining the history of the Welsh Marcher lordships and their unique features. Th...

Description For nearly 500 years the Marcher lordships and their lords were at the centre of events that affected the history of England and Wales,...

Description Learn the words and the fascinating story of one of the world's most loved national anthems. The book includes the music, original Wels...

Description A radical reinterpretation of the effect of excluding Welsh from schools on the fortunes of the language. Most people in Wales know tha...

Description A study of the imagery of Welsh saints in medieval and 19th/20th-century stained glass, sculpture and painting. Overview and analysis, ...

Description Which Welsh woman led a double life as a pirate and smuggler? Which harpist and wrestler threw a man into a lake? Who led the first soc...

Description A captivating collection of Welsh proverbs, sayings and quotes offering guidance, advice, and observation on life. With English transla...

Description Anne Hayward spends several months each year walking to sacred sites in Britain and beyond, now having covered many thousands of miles....

Description Wilfred Owen: Poet of Oswestry provides a clear and concise introduction to the renowned World War One poet who was born in Oswestry in...

Description In 2020, the doors of Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant were closed by the National Trust, who are responsible for the building, and the job of warden o...

Description  The year turns, harvest approaches, and the longer night skies fill with stars. And sometimes, just sometimes, maybe once in a thousan...

Descriptions In this collaboration between a Druid and a Witchcraft researcher, Jon G. Hughes and Sophie Gallagher describe in intricate detail the...

Description A fascinating mix of historical, personal and engineering insights into the life and work of Thomas Telford, arguably Britain's greates...

Description Compelling personal history of the events of World War Two, collected first-hand from ordinary people who lived them. Vivid memories of...

Description A fascinating illustrated account of the industrial heritage of the town and county borough of Wrexham across the centuries. Details IS...

ISBN: 9780752476896 Publication Date November 2014Publisher: The History Press, Stroud Format: Paperback, 198x124 mm, 192 pages Language: English A...

Description Eisteddfod Powys is older than the National Eisteddfod. In this volume Huw Ceiriog, a poet who has won the Chair and the Crown and is a...