WALES Peter Sager 1 873429 68 1 £16.95 Fourth revised edition 511pp 64 colour plates 239 b/w plates, illustrations and diagrams 2 fold out maps practical information A brilliant book - I love it. Peter Sager has opened my eyes to my own country Mavis Nicholson, South Wales Echo The most imaginative guides to Britain's heritage are the regional 'portraits' by Peter Sager Christina Hardyment A wonderful thing Jan Morris Certainly the best book on Wales New York Times Excellent - a literary gem South Wales Argus A thumping good read New Welsh Review A passionate and fabulously detailed book The Rough Guide Splendidly illustrated, lively and highly readable Bulletin of the Welsh Academy Peter Sager is an unsung genius Val Hennessy, Daily Mail Thorough and thoroughly readable Griff Rhys-Jones BBCI Bookworm Splendid Radio Cymru Wales is the land of Owain Glendower and of Lloyd George, of Bryn Terfel and Laura Ashley, of choirs, chapels and narrow gauge railways, of lonely beaches, castles and ancient mountains. It's also a nation, different from its neighbour over the last two thousand years, and still defiant. Peter Sager explores the whole Principality, in a journey that takes us up over the top of Snowdon and down under Milk Wood. Every traveller to Wales will find this Pallas guide a practical, informative, lyrical, penetrating, witty and altogether indispensable companion. The author, Peter Sager, was born in 1945. He is an art critic and radio editor, and since 1975 has been a reporter for Die Zeit. In 1989 he won Germany's most prestigious award for journalism, the Egon-ErwinKisch Award. He has written many books on art and travel, and lives with his wife and daughter in Hamburg. The translator, David Henry Wilson, was born in 1937. A university lecturer, he also writes plays, children's books and novels. He lives with his family in Somerset.