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This guide to Cardiff explains the history and present aspects of the city. It begins with an overview of Cardiff as seen from Caerphilly Mountain. Starting with the heart of the city at the castle and the Roman occupation, the guide then moves on to the medieval fortifications and then to the extravagance of Bute and Burgess. The authors shows how the layout of the town in medieval times has given rise to modern Cardiff.

About the Author :
John Davies is widely acknowledged as one of Wales's leading historians. He was a senior lecturer at University of Wales, Aberystwyth for many years before becoming a free-lance writer and broadcaster. He has written many important books and articles, including Cardiff and the Marquesses of Bute and BBC and Broadcasting in Wales.

Review :
'Through its presentation of the shadier aspects of Cardiff's history, as well as its attractions, and through John Davies's interest in the city's people as well as its institutions, not only is A Pocket Guide: Cardiff an informative guide, it is also a highly illuminating and thought-provoking book.' gwales.com John Davies provides a scholarly and accessible guide to the history of Wales's capital ... it is written with elegance and elan, and is crammed full of a cosmopolitan mixture of facts and insights ... Cardiff: A Pocket Guide provides a stylish, lucid and authoritative introduction to two millennia of human society on the banks of the Taff ...' (Welsh History Review)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780708317303
  • Publisher: University of Wales Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Wales Press
  • Height: 186 mm
  • No of Pages: 160
  • Series Title: Pocket Guides
  • Width: 123 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0708317308
  • Publisher Date: 29 Apr 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 160
  • Weight: 218 gr


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