Bøker av Gwyn Thomas

A book containing the fascinating story of king Arthur in which the author attempts to unravel the legends about a possible historical figure; together with an overview of the Dark Age context when Anglo-Saxons pillaged, raped and burned their way through Britain leaving the native Celts too exhausted to even bury their dead. By a leading...

The remarkable tale of Madog, a Welsh nobleman who discovered America, who married a girl of Indian descent and established the Mandan tribe who spoke Welsh, the tale colourfully illustrated by an acclaimed illustrator. An English version is available.

A beautiful volume to treasure presenting in lively style the story of the medieval bard Dafydd ap Gwilym, his life and times, with striking colour illustrations by Margaret Jones; for readers of all ages. Tir na n-Og Award winner 2004.

Incest, murder, delusion, and a devastating, tragic humor mark these three novellas that Gwyn Thomas wrote in 1946: The Dark Philosophers, Oscar, and Simeon. In this book the grimly humorous philosophers gather in an Italian café in the terraces to tell the tragic tale of comeuppance and manslaughter that they engineer.

New, revised edition of Ysgrifennu Cymraeg, first published in 1977. An important and popular resourse for secondary school teachers, students and translators. This is an ideal volume for exam candidates and for anyone wishing to improve their written Welsh. Reprint.

As the newly-built foundries of South Wales enter their first decline, a travelling harpist from the rural north arrives in town to find his friends caught in a fiercly-fought industrial dispute, a dispute which quickly spirals out of control.

Offers the underlying meaning of South Wales' history. This title, with its plural narration, presents a choric commentary on human illusion and knowledge, on power and its attendant deprivation, on dreams and their destruction. It is History as Carnival and a comic vision of humanity that recognises no geographical boundaries.

A collection of eight articles, lectures and essays on diverse themes found in Welsh and Celtic literature from the Middle Ages to the 20th century including individual chapters on the work of Sion Cent, Daniel Owen and R. Williams Parry.