I BOUGHT A STAR: THE MILITARY MEMOIRS OF THOMAS FIRBANK

BRIDE TO THE MOUNTAIN

Bride to the Mountain is the story of Anna Mary who had put her heart and soul into the running of Rugog before getting married. But now she worked from a sense of the land, which she loved, and the farm carried her husband as a passenger. Sheep were disappearing. The faithful shepherds of Rugog had their suspicions of who the sheep-stealers were but though they kept a careful watch they could never catch the culprits. A traveller and author then came to the valley and took a hand in the affairs. Between him and the shepherds they worked together to throw some light onto the mystery.

A COUNTRY OF MEMORABLE HONOUR

Following the publication of 'I Bought a Mountain', this book describes the author's tour through Wales in the 1950's. It says something about Wales and the Welsh at a time when political moves towards the Welsh Assembly are coming to fruition.

I BOUGHT A MOUNTAIN

Written on the eve of the Second World War, this memoir tells the remarkable story of how 21-year-old Thomas Firbank decided on impulse to purchase a 2,400-acre hill farm in the rugged, inhospitable mountains of Snowdonia, and how he and his wife struggled to build it back into prosperity. The book became an international bestseller, selling over half-a-million copies worldwide and pioneered the genre of 'good life' rural escape literature. This new edition is introduced with a foreword by the award-winning nature writer, Patrick Barkham, and includes an afterword by contemporary Welsh sheep farmer, Dafydd Morris-Jones.

LOG HUT

Log Hut describes Firbank's life living and working on Dartmoor, adapting a log cabin for his new family and his attempts to reopen and commercially mine a local quarry.