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The Companion Guide to Wales

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-900639-43-9
Verlag: Companion Guides
Erscheinungstermin: 01.06.2005
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A lively, informed, authoritative and entertaining account of what Wales has to offer native and newcomer alike. PLANET

The question posed to the author once by a prospective visitor to Wales - "What is there to see?" - is not susceptible of a short, or quick, answer. For the delights of Wales are cumulative and understated: a succession of small country churches rather than great city cathedrals, a labyrinth of byways away from the few highways, details of vernacular architecture rather than grand edifices, the thirteenth-century Edwardian castles being the exception thatproves this rule. A cultural tradition rooted in the austerity and erudition of the Celtic saints, a tradition more confirmed than repudiated by the Reformation, is best appreciated by lovers of small things.

Wales is a country where small is beautiful. For although the juggernaut of globalisation may be threatening the Welsh way of life with extinction, in the words of a contemporary Welsh folk anthem: "In spite of everything, we're still here."

DAVID BARNES is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and teaches at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.


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  • Artikelnummer: 9781900639439
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-900639-43-9
  • Verlag: Companion Guides
  • Erscheinungstermin: 01.06.2005
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2005
  • Serie: Companion Guides
  • Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
  • Gewicht: 477 g
  • Seiten: 450
  • Format (B x H x T): 129 x 198 x 24 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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