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PublisherHi-Story Press The Limited, T.H.E.
ISBN-100752464604
ISBN-139780752464602
eBay Product ID (ePID)143619943
Product Key Features
Book TitleLast King of Wales : Gruffudd Ap Llywelyn C. 1013-1063
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
TopicRoyalty, Cultural Heritage, Europe / Great Britain / Wales, Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorSean Davies, Michael Davies
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight10.9 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal942.901092
SynopsisGruffudd ap Llywelyn was Wales' greatest king. Ambitious and battle-sure, he succeeded in doing what no Welsh king before him was capable of: he ruled all Wales as a united and independent state. He went further by turning the Viking threat to his realm into a powerful weapon and conquering border land that had been in English hands for centuries. Having emerged as a war leader, Gruffudd also proved to be much more: a patron of the arts and church, with the trappings of a king who was respected and feared on the European stage. His eventual murder at the hands of his own men narrowed the country's political ambitions and left Wales in chaos on the eve of the arrival of the Normans. Those who betrayed Gruffudd were the forebears of the famous princes who would dominate Wales until the Edwardian Conquest, meaning that the former king left no one to tell of his glory. As a result, 1,000 years after his birth, the would-be nation builder is all but forgotten. Here, Sean and Michael Davies reveal the king in all his glory, telling for the first time the story of one of Wales' greatest figures and exploring the full implications of Gruffudd's rule. For, without Gruffudd, the fate of King Harold and the outcome of the Battle of Hastings would have been very different ...
LC Classification NumberDA716
