A History of Wales

Jan 7, 2025 4:21 PM

Author:John Davies

A History of Wales

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.

Reviews

An outstanding study of a three-century love-hate relationship... hugely readable

—— Andrew Roberts , Sunday Times

Epic, instructive and engaging

—— Independent

An intellectual feast

—— Times Literary Supplement

Deftly written and meticulously researched... packed with detail and anecdote

—— John Thornhill , Financial Times

Well-written and thoroughly researched... There is as good an account as you could want of the rivalry in the 18th century...and of the Napoleonic wars that took the story into the 19th... A satisfying and intelligent book, packed with information and provoking in its assertions and conclusions

—— Simon Heffer , Daily Telegraph

This is an important book... Gripping, magnificently informative... with a delicious streak of dry humour

—— Adam Thorpe , Guardian

A very readable history... Marshall rightly argues, as an enabler of scientific, artistic and mystical insight, Rudolf has no peer

—— Gary Lachman , Independent on Sunday

It was a magical moment in the history of Western civilization, when anything was possible. Mr Marshall brings it all wonderfully to life

—— Stuart Ferguson , Wall Street Journal

An entertaining description of life at the heart of a Europe stained by the clash of new and old ideas... an enjoyable description of what was an extraordinary epoch

—— Greg Neale , BBC History Magazine

An insightful and perceptive record of a city that revolutionised culture and science

—— Prediction

Fascinating

—— David V Barrett , Independent

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