A History of Wales
by John Davies
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Author: John DaviesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-22
ISBN: 0140284753
Number of pages: 736
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: A Long Slog
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm afraid I don't share the opinion of most of the other reviewers. I found this book tedious, rambling and poorly organized. I am half Welsh and have visited the areas in the southeastern coalfields where my grandparents came from several times which happen to be featured often in this work. Indeed that background was the only thing that kept me reading. Perhaps a better title would be "The Political History of the Southeastern Wales Coalfields" because that is where he spends about 80% of his time. With chapters of sometimes 100 or more pages with no sub-titles gives a glimpse of just how hard it was to figure out where he was going with his discussions. You have to be a hard core Welshaholic to appreciate this one.
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