San Antonio College Library

Contains primary source material.

"Based on the most recent historical research and current debates about Wales and Welshness, this volume offers the most up-to-date, authoritative and accessible account of the period from Neanderthal times to the opening of the Senedd, the new home of the National Assembly for Wales, in 2006. Geraint H. Jenkins explores the emergence of Wales as a nation, its changing identities and values, and the transformations its people experienced and survived...

"All the events of Welsh history--the glories, the disasters and the rich personalities-- are charted in this magnificently illustrated book, whose publication coincides with a major television series presented by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas. A born story-teller, he brings alive the dramatic past of this remarkable country"--Jacket.

From bestselling biographer Sean Smith comes the fascinating and tumultuous true story behind Sir Tom Jones, the nation's treasure, sage of The Voice and living music legend.

"Of all life's certainties, there is none more fascinating than death." "And in this book, which accompanies the ITV1 Wales series of the same name, that morbid fascination is explored by Lionel Fanthorpe, the motor-biking vicar, who takes us on a roaring tour around the gravestones of Wales." "His investigations, in the company of co-author Richard Pawelko, are in turn informative, amusing and poignant, as the graveyards, tombs and epitaphs tell...