The Great Book of Wales
- The H'mm Foundation (World English)
A curious traveller’s account of a very special country.
Wales is a compact country that can seem larger than it is. It’s certainly teeming with discoveries to be made. The Maerdy Monster, an insect new to science and Gwenllian, a forgotten warrior princess. Europe’s rarest goose and the continent’s busiest energy port. Coal tips turning green and pine martens on patrol.
The Great Book of Wales is a train adventure which really racks up the rail miles, surveying the changing land from train windows and stopping at stations galore. Cilmeri, Borth and Gilfach Fargoed. Hawarden, Manorbier and Dyfi Junction. All change.
As Transport for Wales’ Writer-in-Residence [and -Transit] Jon Gower has travelled a land he loves, finding it even richer than he imagined. From Holyhead to Cardiff’s Pierhead, from the south Wales valleys to the sands of the Dee, it’s a bright quilt of landscapes filled with fascinating people who fully enrich the journey.
Praise for Jon Gower:
‘The book equivalent of being hosted by a travelling storyteller around the fire.’ (Gwenno)
‘Fascinating, spellbinding, erudite and great fun.’ (Roddy Doyle)
‘Contagious with delight and fascination.’ (Cynan Jones)
‘Jon Gower could write about the inside of an empty box and make it a place of wonder.’ (Julie Brominicks)
