Saturday, 12 May 2007

Owain Glyndŵr - Fiction, Bibliography, and Links

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Fiction

Glyndŵr is the subject of several historical novels, including:

* John Cowper Powys: Owen Glendower
* Martha Rofheart: Cry 'God for Glendower' (1973)
* Edith Pargeter: A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury
* Malcolm Pryce: A Dragon to Agincourt - Y Lolfa ISBN 0-86243-684-2

He is also a character in Shakespeare's Henry IV, part 1 and was the hero of James Hill's UK TV movie Owain, Prince of Wales, broadcast in 1983 in the early days of Channel 4/S4C.

Bibliography

* J.E. Lloyd, Owen Glendower. Although written in 1931 this book is still considered a classic.
* R. Rees Davies, The Revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr (1995) Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-285336-8
* Geoffrey Hodge, Owain Glyn Dwr: The War of Independence in the Welsh Borders (1995) Logaston Press ISBN 1-873827-24-5
* Family of Owain Glyndŵr. http://www.gbnf.com/genealog3/maytree/html/d0140/I08621.HTM
* Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999. pp.714, 1295

External links


* Glyndwr and the War of Welsh Liberation 1400-1415
* The Owain Glyndwr Society
* Two letters of Owain Glyndwr, from Adam of Usk
* "Glyndwr flag flies at city castle" – BBC News 12 September 2005
* "Glyndwr's burial mystery 'solved'" – BBC News

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owain_Glynd%C5%B5r"

Categories: Monarchs of Powys | Welsh monarchs | Welsh rebels | Welsh soldiers | Welsh lawyers | Disappeared people | Historical figures portrayed by Shakespeare | 1359 births | 1416 deaths

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owain_Glynd%C5%B5r

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