| Notes: Appears unread. Very nice and clean. Text free of highlighting and writing. Tightly bound. Statesman, law-maker, scholar, military genius and folk legend Owain Glyndwr is Wales?s supreme national hero. The triumph and the tragedy of his career which fulfilled and thwarted the ambition of a nation is vividly portrayed in this study by Ian Skidmore. No story in British history compares with the career of this Welsh yeoman farmer who, in the 14th century, raised an army against the English and became Prince of his own country. In this diligently researched book Ian Skidmore outlines Owain?s campaigns in refreshing detail. Separating the myth and the man he brings to light some aspects of his career overlooked by historians ? and provides a plausible clue to his mysterious end. 195 pages. |