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Published by History Press, 2017
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- Title
- Welsh History: Strange But True
- Author
- Brookes, Geoff
- Publisher
- History Press
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0750983426
- ISBN 13
- 9780750983426
- Item weight
- 0.54 pounds
Sir John Pryce of Newtown Hall died in 1761. He kept the embalmed bodies of his first two wives on either side of his bed – until his third wife insisted that they were removed.In 1856 Ronald Rhys from the Vale of Neath disappeared for a week after seeing a strange light in a field and hearing a loud noise. He remembered being examined by small creatures who took a sample of his blood.Oh yes, and America is named after a Welshman and the Holy Grail is kept in a bank vault in West Wales...This book contains hundreds of ‘strange but true’ facts and anecdotes about Welsh history. Arranged into a miniature history of Wales, and with bizarre and hilarious true tales for every era, it will interest and delight readers everywhere.
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About the Author
Geoff Brookes is a writer with a long-standing interest in Welsh history. His previous books include Bloody Welsh History: Swansea, Swansea Then & Now, and Swansea Murders. He has appeared in the Times Educational Supplement and Welsh Country Magazine, as well as the Independent.
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