Welsh History: Strange but True

By Geoff Brookes

Sir John Pryce of Newtown Hall died in 1761. He kept the embalmed bodies of his first two wives on either side of his bed – until his third wife insisted that they were removed.

In 1856 Ronald Rhys from the Vale of Neath disappeared for a week after seeing a strange light in a field and hearing a loud noise. He remembered being examined by small creatures who took a sample of his blood.

Oh yes, and America is named after a Welshman and the Holy Grail is kept in a bank vault in West Wales...

This book contains hundreds of ‘strange but true’ facts and anecdotes about Welsh history. Arranged into a miniature history of Wales, and with bizarre and hilarious true tales for every era, it will interest and delight readers everywhere.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Apr 7, 2014
• ISBN: 9780750954983