The Welsh Folly Book contains the stories behind sixty weird and wonderful Welsh buildings.If you enjoy unusual tales, quirky human history and delight in the ridiculous and the vain you will enjoy this book. Discover why...
The undefeated American Boxing Champion Rocky Marciano lived in a Welsh Folly.6ft 3 inch Mr. Jones slept in a strange house in Conwy with his feet hanging out of the window.A pipe smoking shipping magnate upset his wife and built a folly complete with battlements.A painter from Monmouth tried to trick the devil by building a strange folly.Lord Mostyn built a track through a house with a road underneath. His strange folly is still inhabited today.These are just a few of the entertaining Welsh Follies in this book. Discover why...
A rocket launched on New Year's Eve was the last resting place of a famous folly builder. His follies are visited by millions of people.A deserted lighthouse on a golden sandy beach has a strange moaning statue at its top.A future king turned his nose up when offered a stately folly castle.There is a folly in Carmarthenshire telling the story of a drunk driver's folly two hundred years ago.A gothic tower is said to steal water from Wales.Fort Williamsburg would never fire a shot in anger.There is a folly at Dunraven with a very cool secret.Discover who erected these strange buildings and why, what secrets lay hidden in their pasts and how they have been treated over the years. Folly hunters have researched odd and strange buildings but never before have the secrets of so many Welsh follies been told so comprehensively and entertainingly.
Every folly has a tale to tell about the special people who built them as if the follies themselves are a window into another age or world, one which is fun and well worth exploring.Scroll up, download this eBook today and give your chuckle muscles some exercise.
