Goodreads asked Catrin Collier:

What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Catrin Collier Thank you so much for asking. For the last 2 - 3 years this October I have been studying translations of medieval manuscripts that mention Owain Glyndwr, or Oweyn Glendourdy or one of his other many names. I have learned so much about the rich Welsh History that was not taught when I was in school. I also suspect that much of Glyndwr's history was rewritten by monks on the orders of the English kings after his disappearance. Glyndwr and his allies Mortimer and Northumberland came close to overthrowing Henry IV. Had they succeeded they would have redrawn the map of Britain. As I am now only halfway through the third draft of the second book in my Trilogy of Glyndwr - Glorious Shall Their Dragon Be (soon to be a quartet, I have plans for Glyndwr 3 My Child's Child To Weep and Glyndwr 4 When Warriors Go To Die) of Glyndwr, I feel that I will be doing will be a great deal more reading on the subject.

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