This autobiography tells the story of Wales leading historian, Kenneth O. Morgan, including reflections on the books he has written thirty-two to date and his background in rural Wales, in addition to offering insight into his life as an Oxford don and as vice-chancellor of the historic market town of Aberystwyth and the University of Wales. He also discusses his career as a working Labour member of the House of Lords and his close friendships with James Callaghan, Michael Foot, Neil Kinnock, and A. J. P. Tayler. If anyone s life story can be said to embody the history of Wales, past and present, it is certainly Morgan s."
