Book description
Stretching from the Ice Ages to the present day, this masterful
account traces the political, social and cultural history of the land
that has come to be called Wales.
Spanning prehistoric hill forts and Roman ruins to the Reformation,
the Industrial Revolution and the series of strikes by Welsh miners in
the late twentieth century, this is the definitive history of an
enduring people: a unique and compelling exploration of the origins of
the Welsh nation, its development and its role in the modern world.
This new edition brings this remarkable history into the new era of
the Welsh Assembly.
John Davies is a native of the Rhondda. He was educated in schools in
Treorci, Bwlchllan and Tregaron and at University College, Cardiff, and
Trinity College, Cambridge. He taught at the University Colleges of
Swansea and Aberystwyth and was for eighteen years the Warden of Neuadd
Pantycelyn, Aberystwyth. His other publications include Cardiff and the
Marquesses of Bute, Hanes Cymru, Broadcasting and the BBC in Wales, The
Making of Wales, The Celts and Cardiff: a Pocket Guide. He is the
consultant editor of The Encyclopaedia of Wales. His wife comes from
Blaenau Gwent and they have two daughters and two sons.
