This imaginative work, part serious, part humorous, written by an amateur enthusiast, centres around aspects of Mozart's short life. It looks at him from many viewpoints and demonstrates why, at a dis.....

This delightful little book is reprinted here as a facsimile of the edition of 1893. It is profusely illustrated by fine engravings, and covers the area of the West Cornwall peninsula from Land's End .....

This book is aimed at readers that are equally dissatisfied with the literal interpretation of Genesis on the one hand, and with the extremes of some of the materialists on the other. Some of the mate.....

J T Blight's book was compiled from a series of articles that he had written for the Gentleman's Magazine during the years 1862 to 1864. They represent a record of Cornish church architecture as it wa.....

These tales were collected from the Gaelic oral tradition in the nineteenth century by J.F. Campbell, D. MacInnes and J.G. Campbell who translated the into English. A selection of them is presented he.....

or the Ruin of Britain. The Hugh Williams' edition of the De Excidio is invaluable for its extensive footnotes, some of which are unique because he knew Welsh as well as Latin. In his own words Willi.....

When Henry II of England, in thrall to tales of King Arthur, travels to a remote corner of Wales to meet with a shrouded monk of no name, he is hoping to trace the final resting place of his hero ance.....

John Sharkey's book is a fascinating compilation of the enormous range of traditional healing practices found in Wales, from pre-history to the present day. Split into three historical periods, each s.....

The legend of the Holy Grail has become romantically linked with many sites around the world, not least among which is Llangollen in North Wales and the impressive ruin of Dinas Bran castle which over.....