A Wilder Wales highlights the astonishing transformation of Wales from a poor rural backwater to the crucible of the industrial revolution and offers readers an insight into the ways in which outsiders viewed the land and its people. A fine gift book for discerning travellers and tourists wanting to take words from Wales home. Even Hannibal himself wou'd have found it impossible to have march'd his army over Snowden Daniel de Foe, A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain... 1724