Adolygiadau
A lovely book in every sense of the word. Wonderful photographs of powerful objects in the history of Wales … with something interesting and insightful about each one of them. The writing is so scholarly, so easy. It's my Christmas presents all sorted out for this year.
- Dr Elin Jones
This is like having a museum in my hands … such diverse items chosen, but they tell such a story.
- Gray Taylor
Wales in 100 objects is something of an archivist's dream, packed with fascinating artefacts, beautifully produced and filled with the rich photography of Rolant Dafis.
- Gary Raymond
This is a splendid latter-day 'cabinet of curiosities.' It is a revelation of the arbitrary, higgledy piggledy charater of the sprawling past we tidy away by turning it into 'history'. Wales is here displayed in all its remarkable and absurd aspects.
- M WynnThomas
A fascinating patchwork of objects and insights, which together tell a compelling and surprising story of Wales.
- Neil MacGregor
As Andrew Green notes in his introduction, 'objects are not historical texts', but they are a part of any nation's history and, as he goes on to say, 'They allow us to glimpse the lives of ordinary people, of women and children, and of the vanquished, whose voices often fail to reach the written record.' An endorsement by M. Wynn Thomas on the back cover describes the book as 'a splendid latter-day "cabinet of curiosities".' It is both, of course, and leads into the complexities of our history and culture in a wealth of different ways.
- John Barnie, Gwales
Andrew Green is well aware that everyone's list will be different. His seems both imaginative and perceptive and in almost every way could hardly be bettered."
- John Barnie, Gwales.com
As an educational tool the book is a gem, a history lesson by stealth … This book, so easy to dip into for a succession of perfectly-formed miniatures lessons, is a great way of connecting us all to our nation's past, and thus our rather troubling present."
- Angharad Pearce Jones, Planet
… the object itself is lovely and unobtrusively yet elegantly designed inside and out … [A] democratic impulse informs Green's descriptions of the objects: he relates their history in engaging and accessible language whilst making sure to draw out the themes, connections and significance from each … Rolant Davis's photography provides an excellent counterpoint on each page.
Merlin Gable, The Welsh Agenda
- Merlin Gable, The Welsh Agenda
