{"id":7079417,"date":"2026-10-07T16:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7079417"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:40:22","slug":"wales-history-of-a-nation-by-david-ross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7079417","title":{"rendered":"Wales: History of a Nation by David Ross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"925326375613874438\" align=\"left\" style=\"width: 100%; overflow-y: hidden;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/51142370-wales\" style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Wales: History of a Nation\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1565491455l\/51142370._SX98_SY160_.jpg\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/51142370-wales\">Wales: History of a Nation<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/71919.David_Ross\">David Ross<\/a><br \/>\nMy rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8944641319\">4 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a very important and surprisingly interesting book. I have always loved going to Wales for holidays over many years, and in more recent times owned a static caravan on Anglesey. This became a base for lots of walking and wildlife watching.<br \/>The book gave many answers to very many questions formed during those times. The history from before the Vikings and Romans up to devolution was totally fascinating. I&#8217;d agree about other reviewers finding a lack of maps, particularly over the many periods of time. But the front cover had an ancient map so not quite as devastating as someone implied.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/21611728-g-j-griffiths\">View all my reviews<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\twindow.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n\t\tFB.init({\n\t\t\tappId : '190291501407',\n\t\t\txfbml : true,\n\t\t\tversion : 'v25.0'\n\t\t});\n        \/\/ Set Facebook comment plugin's colorscheme based off of theme\n\t\tvar comments = document.getElementsByClassName('facebook-comment-widget'),\n\t\t\tscheme = document.body.className.match('wsite-theme-light');\n\t\tfor (var i = 0; i < comments.length; i++) {\n\t\t\tcomments[i].setAttribute('colorscheme', scheme ? 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