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The First XV: A Selection of the Best Welsh Rugby Writing
Gareth Williams
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Description for The First XV: A Selection of the Best Welsh Rugby Writing
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We all like choosing the best-ever Welsh rugby team, but here is a XV with a difference. Here they are not players but writers. The exploits of the people's heroes from Gould to Gareth Edwards are vividly recaptured in some classic prose. So too are the expectations and emotions of the most passionate followers in the world. They deserve the best team we can put out. Here it is, a selection of world beating writing on Welsh rugby: The First XV. With an introduction by Gerald Davies, the featured authors include Richard Burton, Gwyn Thomas, Frank Keating, Alun Richards ... Read more
We all like choosing the best-ever Welsh rugby team, but here is a XV with a difference. Here they are not players but writers. The exploits of the people's heroes from Gould to Gareth Edwards are vividly recaptured in some classic prose. So too are the expectations and emotions of the most passionate followers in the world. They deserve the best team we can put out. Here it is, a selection of world beating writing on Welsh rugby: The First XV. With an introduction by Gerald Davies, the featured authors include Richard Burton, Gwyn Thomas, Frank Keating, Alun Richards ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
124
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910901069
SKU
V9781910901069
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Gareth Williams
Gareth Williams was born and brought up in Barry, and is a graduate of the universities of Oxford, London and Chicago. In 1970 he became a lecturer at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he became Professor of History before in 2001 moving to the University of Glamorgan where he is Director of the Centre for Modern and Contemporary Wales. ... Read more
Reviews for The First XV: A Selection of the Best Welsh Rugby Writing
This marvellous anthology gives us a wonderful taste of the kind of writing and the variety of styles that the game has inspired over the years... I hope this collection gives you as much pleasure as it did me. Gerald Davies, Western Mail