—by Angharad Llwyd (1780–1866).
£14.95 (plus £1.55 postage within UK)
This is the first new edition (since its publication in 1833) of the prizewinning essay for the Beaumaris Eisteddfod of 1832.
The book includes a new introduction by Philip Steele, illustrated by a carte-de-visite photograph (from the Denbighshire Record Office) of Angharad Llwyd and the unabridged text of her first edition, including its illustrations, biographical sketches, lists of the island’s bards, sheriffs and members of parliament, and a full account of the Beaumaris Eisteddfod, together with an index.
Angharad Llwyd’s readable and informative History takes us on a tour of ‘Mona’ as it was in the early decades of the nineteenth century, recounting the history of the island (so far as it was understood at the time) and the geography of each district along the way.
This title is published as the companion volume to Magma’s up-to-date and comprehensive guidebook to the island, MÔN MAM CYMRU
“This edition brings to those interested in the history of Anglesey, in all its aspects, a rich resource which has been hitherto relatively difficult to access and it is a welcome addition to other volumes published by Llyfrau Magma about Anglesey.”
— reviewed in the ‘Transactions’ of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society.
Softback, 256 pages, 170mm wide x 248mm high.
ISBN 978-1-872773-73-5, Llyfrau Magma, 2008