The six sequential essays in this collection provide a narrative of a century and a half of Welsh painting, written with an emphasis on issues of social class and national identity. Through his earlier writing, Peter Lord has contributed to the establishment of an historical tradition of Welsh painting, but because it does not feature in the wider story of Western art history as presently told, the work revealed continues to be perceived as marginal, existing in isolation from ideas and movements in other countries. These essays break new ground by discussing the concerns of Welsh painters not only in domestic terms but also in the context of the ways in which artists in other parts of Europe and in the United States reacted to the common underlying causes of those concerns. The author challenges the idea that the work of Welsh painters is relevant only to the evolution of their own communities and, through confident and detailed analysis, validates their pictures also in terms of the arts of other Western cultures.

Two books on the Welsh Revival, both first published in 1905. It includes reports by professional writers, well respected preachers, and eyewitnesses. This book contains two books. Book One is: The Welsh Revival: A Narrative Of Facts By William T. Stead, Editor of Review of Reviews, London And The Revival: Its Power and Source By Rev. G. Campbell Morgan, Pastor: Westminster Chapel, London Book Two is: THE STORY OF THE WELSH REVIVAL: As Told by Eyewitnesses Together With a Sketch of Evan Roberts and His Message to The World By Arthur Goodrich, Rev. G. Campbell Morgan, D.D. W. T. Stead, Editor, (British) Review of Reviews Rev. Evan Hopkins And Others These books were originally published in 1905, and the spelling of some words has been updated, but not a few Welsh words with strange spelling. Table of Contents Book One: Part 1 Chapter 1: From the Author to the Reader Chapter 2: The National Significance of Revivals Chapter 3: What I saw in Wales Chapter 4: Evan Roberts Chapter 5: The Rise and Progress of the Revival Chapter 6: What ought I to do? Part 2: The Revival: Its Power and Source Book Two: THE STORY OF THE WELSH REVIVAL 1: A Message to the World by Evan Roberts 2: The Story of the Welsh Revival 3: The Lessons Of The Revival 4: Mr. Evan Roberts 5. The Story Of The Awakening 6: The Psychology of The Revival 7: The Teaching of the Revival 8: Experience of a Visitor From London 9: What I Saw and Heard in Wales 10: Striking Testimony of Eyewitnesses

Kyffin Williams is the culmination of four years of research at two centres for Kyffin Williams's art, the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Oriel Mon, Anglesey. Dr. Qing Chao Ma's illuminating new study incorporates Kyffin Williams's full range; his inspirational landscapes and seascapes in oil, his delicate watercolours, his distinctive linocuts and his mesmeric portraits. With her particular expertise, the author also draws comparisons between the work of Williams and Chinese art, linking him to other artistic traditions and establishing his rightful place in the worldwide art community. Combined with a rigorous biographical account on the life which informed the work and a rich variety of illustrations, Kyffin Williams is an invaluable contribution to the study and appreciation of one of Wales's foremost artists.'No other artist and author has collated so many diverse examples of Sir Kyffin's art in one publication with such coherence. This is a book put together with great care and purpose and written from the heart.' David Meredith, Sir Kyffin Williams Trust

This work provides an insight into the history of Welsh stick chairs and includes instructions on how to make a chair, covering methods of bending the wood for chair construction. Illustrations show each stage in the building process.

A WWII-era Welsh barmaid begins a secret relationship with a German POW in this “beautiful” novel by the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Ann Patchett). Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Set in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, this critically acclaimed debut novel traces the intersection of disparate lives in wartime. When a prisoner-of-war camp is established near her village, seventeen-year-old barmaid Esther Evans finds herself strangely drawn to the camp and its forlorn captives. She is exploring the camp boundary when an astonishing thing occurs: A young German corporal calls out to her from behind the fence. From that moment on, the two begin an unlikely—and perilous—romance. Meanwhile, a German-Jewish interrogator travels to Wales to investigate Britain’s most notorious Nazi prisoner, Rudolf Hess. In this richly drawn and thought-provoking “tour de force,” all will come to question the meaning of love, family, loyalty, and national identity (The New Yorker). “If you loved The English Patient, there’s probably a place in your heart for The Welsh Girl.” —USA Today “Davies’s characters are marvelously nuanced.” —Los Angeles Times “Beautifully conjures a place and its people, in an extraordinary time . . . A rare gem.” —Claire Messud, author of The Woman Upstairs “This first novel by Davies, author of two highly praised short story collections, has been anticipated—and, with its wonderfully drawn characters, it has been worth the wait.” —Booklist, starred review