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This colourful paperback features David Williams' favourite market towns in the principality. He has travelled the country photographing and remarking on the history, culture, local lifestyle and landscapes of the best towns: Llangefni, Llanrwst, Ruthin, Wrexham, Bala, Dolgellau, Machynlleth, Welshpool, Newtown, Builth Wells, Lampeter, Llandovery, Brecon, Newcastle Emlyn, Haverfordwest, Carmarthen, Llandeilo, Abergavenny, Monmouth, Cowbridge, Llanidloes, Betws-y-Coed, Aberaeron. A companion book to Village Wales, it makes a great gift for anyone visiting or familiar with Wales' many market towns.

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A photogenic insight into some of the best market towns looking at history, culture, local lifestyle and town landscapes. -- Publisher: Graffeg Graffeg have specialised in large format titles containing superb photography and text to tell the readers enough about their subjects to arouse further interest. The books are aimed equally at tourists in Wales as well as Welsh-based readers. Some of these books are by David Williams, and this latest title is certainly up to Williams’s usual standard. It explores life in market towns throughout Wales and there are wonderful images of shops, pubs, notable houses and gardens, as well as churches and many buildings of historic interest. But, importantly, the people have not been forgotten and I was captivated by the photograph of elderly farmers at a sheep mart in Dolgellau, which resembled one of Aneurin Jones’s wonderful paintings of rural Wales. The detailed picture of the Bear Hotel at Crickhowell must be a delight to children, as it is to someone like me who has never quite grown up. The historic town of Ruthin, five miles from my home, is dominated by the spire of St. Peter’s Church, and the magnificent Castle Hotel takes pride of place on the hight street, as shown in the book. One of the wonderful stained glass windows at St. Mary’s Church, Mold is here, as is also the town's celebrated Saturday market. These are just a few of the treasures which the reader and browser will encounter in this most rewarding book. -- Dewi Roberts @ www.gwales.com

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David Williams is a writer and photographer specialising in the heritage, culture and landscape of Wales. He is the author of several books and many articles about Wales, a fluent Welsh speaker and a frequent contributor to television and radio programmes. He previously wrote, and supplied images for, the Graffeg books Landscape Wales, About Cardiff, About Wales and Village Wales. He is a contributor to Photolibrary Wales and Getty Images, through which his pictures help to promote Wales worldwide.

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