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O'Brien's second biography of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George's wife Margaret serves as a prequel to his first volume, The Campaigns of Margaret Lloyd George: The Wife of the Prime Minister 1916-1922 (Y Lolfa, 2022), which focused on her campaigns during the 1918-1922 peacetime Coalition Government led by her husband. Similarly based on research in the unpublished archive of letters and speeches belonging to his grandfather the Revd. J T Rhys, former private secretary to Margaret Lloyd George at 10 Downing St, this book describes her six major campaigns during WWI: for her Welsh Troops Fund; the British & Foreign Sailors' Society; Welsh Army recruitment; Food & Home Economy; Temperance; Health & Social Welfare. It also looks at her ongoing campaigning for opportunities for women, for churches, and for Wales.

Compelling oral history, collecting personal Welsh memories of D-Day, Kindertransport, Home Guard, Women's Land Army, bombing raids, POW camp escape and more. Published to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, it gives the whole spectrum of experiences of the people of Wales during the conflict. -- Books Council of Wales

Highly readable history of the Nanteos Estate near Aberystwyth, Wales from 1589-1954. It focuses on the colorful stories of the Jones and Powell gentry families who lived there, with emphasis on the fascinating George Powell (1942-82) and the fabled Nanteos Cup - a medieval drinking bowl which was claimed to be the Holy Grail. 16 pages of images.

Attractive coffee table book with 50 myths, legends and folk tales from all around Wales, each paired with a breathtaking full-page photo of the landscape where the events are said to have happened. Discover the legends of this ancient Celtic land - including the story of Prince Madoc, who it is claimed found the Americas in 1170!

Hywel Dda, who ruled most of Wales in the 10th century, codified a system of laws which was in use for over 500 years. This clear English translation by an eminent lawyer and expert in Welsh legal history includes an introduction and fascinating explanatory notes by the author. Out of print for many years, this is the first paperback edition.

The first autobiography by much-loved landscape painter Kyffin Williams, widely regarded as the defining Welsh artist of the 20th century. Originally published in 1974, the book paints a humorous picture of Williams' childhood and early years as a painter. Includes illustrations by the artist himself. In paperback for the first time.

Book for young teens set in south Wales in 1943-44. Teen rugby genius George and young GI and quarterback Oliver, stationed nearby with the US Army, become friends after discovering their shared family bereavements and love of sports. However, both start to realize the importance that fate will have on Oliver in the upcoming D-Day invasion.

A guide to the highest peaks in Wales, complete with log to fill in as you climb them! This unique pocket guide - to be used in conjunction with Ordnance Survey maps - provides walking routes and approximate times for ascent. It also gives heights (imperial and metric measurements), translation and pronunciation of mountain names and information about where to park, as well as indexes listed by height and alphabetically. Like the Munro list in Scotland, the Welsh One Hundred offers an exciting physical challenge in the great outdoors. Are you good enough to complete the Welsh One Hundred Challenge?

Jos Simon's second book of memoirs looks at his memories of growing up in north Wales and how his upbringing informed the later part of his life as a Welsh exile in England. After focusing on his youth in Pwllheli, he discusses how, after leaving Wales in 1964, he believed he was drifting away from Wales, only to realise he was always unconsciously looking for ways to relate to it - by writing about it, by returning and exploring it, and by following Welsh rugby and football. He came to the conclusion that, in old age, he must rekindle a closer relationship with the Llŷn Peninsula and with Wales in general, and set about exploring his native country both geographically and by getting up to speed on Welsh current affairs, music and literature. Finally, he ponders the nature of that indefinable Welsh emotion which mixes nostalgia and longing: hiraeth. This sequel to On Bonfires, Butlins and Being Welsh takes a similar epistolatory approach, but with Facebook posts rather than letters, and is great creative non-fiction, more about north Wales than about the author himself.

A true story (or maybe not!) about Elin who is searching for the Magic Marble Mill. But her friends don''t believe that such a place exists. But when she escapes to her favourite tree, she comes across a giraffe who opens her eyes to a field full of wild animals, a dragon that hides in a cave and pigs that want to fly.