Russell Davies is an administrator at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he also works as a part-time lecturer in the Department of History and Welsh History. He has also scripted numerous television programmes.

' ... a cornucopia; an invaluable resource to both the dilettante browser and the ardent scholar.' www.Gwales.com '...hugely entertaining...a fresh perspective on familiar events and the highlighting of novel themes...This original, enjoyable and stylish book challenges our preconceptions about Welsh history and forces us to reconsider cherished assumptions. It is a signal achievement that extends our knowledge into fascinating new areas'. Planet "Davies is a very engaging writer. The constant vivacity of the language, combined with the author's terrific eye for a story, is the book's principal strength." Matthew Cragoe, University of Hertfordshire, English Historical Review. Vol. 122: No.495