A Wilder Wales

"A Wilder Wales is a rich fountain of cultural bounty" Adam Somerset, Wales Arts Review; "an excellent introduction... both informative and thought-provoking.... This is a book to take on travels and to dip into — or indeed to devour..." Heather James, Archaeologia Cambrensis

David Lloyd Owen introduces us to the breadth of travellers’ tales from a mysterious and absorbing country in this fascinating compendium.A Wilder Wales highlights the astonishing transformation of Wales from a poor rural backwater to the crucible of the industrial revolution and offers readers an insight into the ways in which outsiders viewed the land and its people. A fine gift book for discerning travellers and tourists wanting to take words from Wales home. “Even Hannibal himself wou’d have found it impossible to have march’d his army over Snowden” Daniel de Foe, A tour thro’ the whole island of Great Britain... 1724