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The A-Z of Curious Wales: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics

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The A-Z of Curious Wales: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics - Rees, Mark
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Wales' history is packed with peculiar customs and curious characters. Here you will discover alien landscapes, ancient druids and a Victorian ghost hunter. Find out why revellers would carry a decorated horse's skull on a pole door to door at Christmastime, how an eccentric inventor hoped to defeat Hitler with his futuristic ray gun, and why a cursed wall is protected by a global corporation for fear it might destroy a town. From the folklore surrounding the red dragon on the flag, to the evolution of the song 'Sosban Fach ...

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The A-Z of Curious Wales: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics 2019, The History Press Ltd, Stroud

ISBN-13: 9780750990073

Hardcover