Hounskull Publishing

First published in 1738, the present volume collects five humorous tracts on matters relating to the principality of Wales. The first is a travel piece that purports to be by Jonathan Swift, but is...

Step back into the Georgian era as Henry Penruddocke Wyndham embarks on his sharply observed journey through the rugged landscapes of Wales. With an architect's precision and a traveller's...

Although from North Wales, Thomas Pennant was initially known for his travel writing on Scotland, two well-regarded books about whose natural history were published in the early 1770s. And while his...

In A Walk Through Wales, Richard Warner recounts his 26-day trek through the Welsh countryside in August 1797, presenting a vivid and engaging portrait of his journey. Set against sweeping mountains...

Six years after the publication of Letters from Snowdon (1770), which gave an account of his journey through North Wales in a series of letters, Joseph Cradock returns to this recondite, wet, gloomy,...