The Matter of Wales
Author | : Jan Morris |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1986 |
ISBN-10 | : 0140082638 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780140082630 |
Rating | : 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Travel through Wales and epic view of a small country.
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Author | : Jan Morris |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1986 |
ISBN-10 | : 0140082638 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780140082630 |
Rating | : 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Travel through Wales and epic view of a small country.
Author | : Jan Morris |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 2014-04-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780241970249 |
ISBN-13 | : 0241970245 |
Rating | : 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Jan Morris's magnificent book celebrates Wales and all things Welsh. Written as a deeply personal study, it reflects the rich bilingual literature and folklore of Wales, the buildings and wonderfully varied landscapes, the national character and humour, the historical predicaments and the political condition of this small but extraordinary country. Jan Morris is a distinguished historian as well as being one of the world's leading travel-writers. Her passionate love of Wales makes this a unique evocation.
Author | : Jan Morris |
Publisher | : Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 1984 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015011351064 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
This passionate evocation of Wales by the author Rebecca West has hailed as "perhaps the best descriptive writer of our times" encapsulates that country in all its aspects, past, present and even future. Jan Morris shows clearly the manners of thought of the Welch people, as well as their art, their landscapes and their folklore, their ways of earning a living, their character and their historical destiny. It is a vivid tribute to a country not just on the map or in the mind but also in the heart. "All of us,"Morris writes,"have some country there."
Author | : Mathew Browne |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2018-10-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781445683942 |
ISBN-13 | : 1445683946 |
Rating | : 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
A stunning collection of images showcasing the different regions of Wales in all their glory, which capture the essence of the country.
Author | : Jonathan Dimbleby |
Publisher | : Quill |
Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 1996-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0688146155 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780688146153 |
Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
For this controversial, headline-making study of the heir to the throne, Dimbleby spent hours in candid conversations with the prince, his personal staff, and close friends, and was given access to the prince's letters, private diaries, and journals. An intimate portrait of a life trapped by destiny, The Prince of Wales offers unique insight into the man born to be King. of photos. 8-page color insert.
Author | : Peter Ho Davies |
Publisher | : HMH |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2013-08-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780547524900 |
ISBN-13 | : 0547524900 |
Rating | : 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
A WWII-era Welsh barmaid begins a secret relationship with a German POW in this “beautiful” novel by the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Ann Patchett). Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Set in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, this critically acclaimed debut novel traces the intersection of disparate lives in wartime. When a prisoner-of-war camp is established near her village, seventeen-year-old barmaid Esther Evans finds herself strangely drawn to the camp and its forlorn captives. She is exploring the camp boundary when an astonishing thing occurs: A young German corporal calls out to her from behind the fence. From that moment on, the two begin an unlikely—and perilous—romance. Meanwhile, a German-Jewish interrogator travels to Wales to investigate Britain’s most notorious Nazi prisoner, Rudolf Hess. In this richly drawn and thought-provoking “tour de force,” all will come to question the meaning of love, family, loyalty, and national identity (The New Yorker). “If you loved The English Patient, there’s probably a place in your heart for The Welsh Girl.” —USA Today “Davies’s characters are marvelously nuanced.” —Los Angeles Times “Beautifully conjures a place and its people, in an extraordinary time . . . A rare gem.” —Claire Messud, author of The Woman Upstairs “This first novel by Davies, author of two highly praised short story collections, has been anticipated—and, with its wonderfully drawn characters, it has been worth the wait.” —Booklist, starred review
Author | : Forrest Carter |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1989-08-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780826352125 |
ISBN-13 | : 082635212X |
Rating | : 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Josey Wales was the most wanted man in Texas. His wife and child had been lost to pre-civil War destruction and, like Jesse James and other young farmers, he joined the guerrilla soldiers of Missouri--men with no cause but survival and no purpose but revenge. Josey Wales and his Cherokee friend, Lone Watie, set out for the West through the dangerous Camanchero territory. Hiding by day, traveling by night, they are joined by an Indian woman named Little Moonlight, and rescue an old woman and her granddaughter from their besieged wagon. The five of them travel toward Texas and win through brash and honest violence, a chance for a new way of life.
Author | : Thomas Glyn Watkin |
Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 2012-09-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780708326404 |
ISBN-13 | : 0708326404 |
Rating | : 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Watkin provides a history of the various legal systems by which Wales and its people have been governed over the last two millenia, including the civil law of Rome, the laws of the native Welsh people, the canon law of the Church and the English common law. This book shows how in each age the people of Wales have adapted to and adopted the legal traditions which they have encountered and assesses the importance of this inheritance for the future of modern Wales within both Europe and the wider international community.
Author | : Forrest Carter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2010-02-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 0843963468 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780843963465 |
Rating | : 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Josey Wales is out for the blood of the pro-Union Jayhawkers who raped & murdered his wife. When Wales refuses to surrender, he begins a life on the run from the law, reluctantly befriending a diverse group of whites & Indians on his quest for revenge and a new life.
Author | : Huw Osborne |
Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
Total Pages | : 429 |
Release | : 2016-06-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781783168651 |
ISBN-13 | : 178316865X |
Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
it is a multidisciplinary collection of essays, it is the first book-length engagement with the subject of queer Wales, it covers period from the 18th century to the present, it considers literature, art history, film, television, drama, crime, motherhood, education, and a range of other questions across these categories.