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Superbly presented book... stunning pictures making it perhaps the ultimate guide book to Wales.
--Barry Jones, County Times
--Barry Jones, County Times
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A comprehensive volume listing the 100 places, according to the historian John Davies, you must visit before you die, with full-colour photographs by Marian Delyth. The book encompasses historical sites such as Pentre Ifan and Manorbier Castle; engineering feats such as the Menai and Pont-cysyllte bridges; tourist attractions including CAT and Portmeirion. From Anglesey to Monmouthshire, from Pembrokeshire to Flintshire, John Davies and Marian Delyth have travelled the length and breadth of Wales on our behalf. The historian chose a hundred places that we should visit in our lifetime and the photographer captured the magic of these locations for the eye. Words and pictures combine to create an exquisite, informative volume about Wales. Included are obvious tourist destinations, such as the National Botanical Garden, St Fagans and Portmeirion; other locations which are significant in Welsh history, Merthyr Tydfil, Aber-fan and Cardiff Castle and a few unexpected or unfamiliar places, such as The Pales, Parys Mountain and Tryleg. This is a volume which will encourage you to pack a knapsack and explore the wonders that Wales has to offer.
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Format:Hardcover
In Wales: 100 Places to See Before You Die, Rhondda-born historian and broadcaster John Davies has selected his own individual list of the nation's must-see sights.
Some are obvious picks, the seaside at Tenby, the wild and rugged Brecon Beacons and Sir Clough Williams-Ellis' Portmeirion are all included, but room is also given to Wales' industrial heritage and a few unexpected places crop up too, such as The Pales, Parys Mountain and Tryleg.
Accompanying the author on his travels was photographer Marian Delyth, and her outstanding photography brings the book to life.
The winner of the Welsh-language Book of the Year Award 2010 and now translated into English, this is a hefty hardback with insightful writing and excellent photos which would look good on any coffee table.
Some are obvious picks, the seaside at Tenby, the wild and rugged Brecon Beacons and Sir Clough Williams-Ellis' Portmeirion are all included, but room is also given to Wales' industrial heritage and a few unexpected places crop up too, such as The Pales, Parys Mountain and Tryleg.
Accompanying the author on his travels was photographer Marian Delyth, and her outstanding photography brings the book to life.
The winner of the Welsh-language Book of the Year Award 2010 and now translated into English, this is a hefty hardback with insightful writing and excellent photos which would look good on any coffee table.
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Best of the "Places to See" books
15 Dec 2010
Format:Hardcover
This book may look like a coffee table book but it is much, much more. Written by one of Wales' foremost historians, John Davies, author of "A History of Wales" and illustrated by the wonderful photos and graphics by Marian Delyth, "100 Places" takes you to both the well known and the more or less obscure. Originally written in Welsh and winner of the Year Award for 2010 it is now available in English translation. This book takes off from the plethora of "places to go and things to do (and even beers to try) before you die" books. John Davies has opened new ground for both the native Cymro/Cymraes and the Welsh of the diaspora and their descendents.
The jacket description summarizes the book well: "From Anglesey to Monmouthshire, from Pembrokeshire to Flintshire, John Davies and Marian Delyth have travelled the length and breadth of Wales on our behalf." The first pages offer a map showing the location of the 100 places located throughout Wales. The choices range from the very ancient such as Tre'r Ceiri in Llyn to the very modern such as the Centre for Alternative Technology in Llwyngwern and the modern architecture of Cardiff Bay. The numbering of the sites is more or less geographical starting in the north of Anglesey and finishing up in Chepstow, rather than any artificial ranking of importance though things get a little out of sequence in Southwestern Wales. The triumphs of the nation are there, the Menai bridge, the monument to the writing of the Welsh national anthem; the disasters such as Aberfan and the legacy of coal, slate and iron.
None of the selections gets more than three pages of description; it is enough to get the reader's interest and explain why we would want to go there, and if we have, why perhaps we would want to return. The quality of Mr. Davies' writing never slights any of the places chosen. Many of the descriptions cover more than one sight within the chapter, such as Cardiff Bay for example and its multitude of diverse places to see.
The quality of the photography is very high. All of the pictures are in color; there are no "archival" photos or drawings. No chapter is given short shrift in the number of photos in the illustrations. The only critique I would offer is that some of the photos are without captions; in most cases the text lets you know what is being depicted, but not all.
I wish I could list all 100 places. The book is hard backed with high quality paper, so is not really suitable as a "guide book" to tote along as you trek the byways of Wales. But it is what any serious visitor to Wales should use before you look at the guide books. It is also an excellent book to sit down with to recall your visits to Wales and count how many of the 100 places you have already been to - and how many you still need to visit!
There is an old story that an angel was talking to the Lord about the wonders and beauty of this little country called Wales. "Is it not unfair that you have given so much, the coastline, the mountains, the valleys, the streams, the scenic beauty to just one small country?" The Lord answered, "yes, but wait to you see the neighbors I gave them."
The jacket description summarizes the book well: "From Anglesey to Monmouthshire, from Pembrokeshire to Flintshire, John Davies and Marian Delyth have travelled the length and breadth of Wales on our behalf." The first pages offer a map showing the location of the 100 places located throughout Wales. The choices range from the very ancient such as Tre'r Ceiri in Llyn to the very modern such as the Centre for Alternative Technology in Llwyngwern and the modern architecture of Cardiff Bay. The numbering of the sites is more or less geographical starting in the north of Anglesey and finishing up in Chepstow, rather than any artificial ranking of importance though things get a little out of sequence in Southwestern Wales. The triumphs of the nation are there, the Menai bridge, the monument to the writing of the Welsh national anthem; the disasters such as Aberfan and the legacy of coal, slate and iron.
None of the selections gets more than three pages of description; it is enough to get the reader's interest and explain why we would want to go there, and if we have, why perhaps we would want to return. The quality of Mr. Davies' writing never slights any of the places chosen. Many of the descriptions cover more than one sight within the chapter, such as Cardiff Bay for example and its multitude of diverse places to see.
The quality of the photography is very high. All of the pictures are in color; there are no "archival" photos or drawings. No chapter is given short shrift in the number of photos in the illustrations. The only critique I would offer is that some of the photos are without captions; in most cases the text lets you know what is being depicted, but not all.
I wish I could list all 100 places. The book is hard backed with high quality paper, so is not really suitable as a "guide book" to tote along as you trek the byways of Wales. But it is what any serious visitor to Wales should use before you look at the guide books. It is also an excellent book to sit down with to recall your visits to Wales and count how many of the 100 places you have already been to - and how many you still need to visit!
There is an old story that an angel was talking to the Lord about the wonders and beauty of this little country called Wales. "Is it not unfair that you have given so much, the coastline, the mountains, the valleys, the streams, the scenic beauty to just one small country?" The Lord answered, "yes, but wait to you see the neighbors I gave them."
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