A new edition of this highly successful Pocket Guide.
‘ . . . admirably balanced and judicious, comprehensive and readable . . . It is a singular accomplishment to achieve all this in so small a compass without leaving the reader feeling either short-changed or suffering from chronological indigestion. This volume can be recommended without hesitation both to apprentice historians and to members of the general public embarking on the exciting journey into the Welsh past.’ www.gwales.com
‘Mr Jones was set the formidable task of encompassing the whole story within the space of some 50-60,000 words and has managed it with conspicuous success . . . an excellent study which should give pleasure and profit to a large number of readers.’ (Glanmor Williams Book News Wales)
‘ . . . an attractively produced volume . . . Mr Jones's summarization of all this is a singular accomplishment.’ (Welsh History Review)
This illustrated Pocket Guide is the first short, popular, general survey of Welsh history to be published since 1930.
It traces the main outlines of the history of Wales from the settlements by the Celts to the invasion by Romans and Normans, the conquest by Edward I of England, the passage of the Acts of Union, the impact of the Reformation, Puritanism and Methodism, the effects of the Agrarian and Industrial Revolutions and the changes in political, social and economic life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Succinct biographies of prominent figures, descriptions of some major historical sites, a glossary of terms and a list of important dates are included, making this an ideal introductory study for the general reader.