Terry Breverton

Terry Breverton
Born 1946
Birmingham, England
Nationality British
Occupation Author
Known for Books on Wales

Terry Breverton (born 1946) is a British former businessman and academic who has written many books on subjects related to Wales.

Life

Terry Breverton was born in Birmingham in 1946. His parents were Welsh, and he was brought up in Wales.[1] He studied in England at the universities of Manchester, Birmingham and Lancaster.[2] He worked for many years in international business and consultancy.[3] He was a management consultant in the production industry, and a marketing director.[4] Breverton then became an academic, and lectured in Milan, Bologna and Wales.[1] He became a senior business lecturer at the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff.[5] He lectured on marketing and management at the Cardiff Business School, and was awarded a Helm Fellowship at Indiana University.[2] He became a Fellow of the Institute of Consulting and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.[1]

Breverton has said that the skills he developed in research and writing as a management consultant transferred easily into writing history books.[6] In 2000 Breverton founded Glyndwr Publishing and WalesBooks.com.[7] Glyndwr Publishing published books by Breverton and other authors who were unable to get their non-fiction work on Wales accepted by other publishers.[4] Since 2008 he has been a full-time writer and editor.[7] He has also presented documentaries on the Discovery Channel and the History Channel.[8] Breverton is interested in reviving interest in Welsh culture and history, which has been the main focus of his books.[2] He has said, "The Welsh are treated as second-class citizens, and live in a country that is one of the most economically backward in Europe. They are rapidly becoming a minority in their own country."[3]

Meic Stephens wrote of Breverton's 100 Great Welshmen and 100 Great Welsh Women in the Western Mail Magazine on 16 March 2002, "These are not necessarily books that you want to read from cover to cover, but to browse in ... Both are really extraordinary achievements by a single author whose industry and enterprise seem to show no bounds."[9] Breverton won the "Book of the Month" award of the Welsh Books Council five times.[1]

Publications

  • Terry Breverton (2000), An A to Z of Wales and the Welsh, Christopher Davies 
  • Terry Breverton (2000), The Secret Vale of Glamorgan, Beekman Books, ISBN 9780846452072 
  • Terry Breverton (2000), The Book of Welsh Saints, Beekman Books, ISBN 9780846452058 
  • Terry David Breverton (2001), 100 Great Welshmen, Glyndwr Publishing, ISBN 978-1-903529-15-7 
  • Terry Breverton (2001), 100 Great Welsh Women, Glyndwr Publishing, ISBN 9781903529041 
  • Terry Breverton (2002), The Path to Inexperience, Glyndwr Publishing 
  • Terry Breverton (2002), The Welsh Almanac, Glyndwr Publishing 
  • Terry Breverton (2003), The Book of Welsh Pirates and Buccaneers, Glyndwr Publishing, ISBN 978-1903529096 
  • Terry Breverton (2003), Glamorgan Seascape Pathways, Wales Books, ISBN 1-903-529-115 
  • Terry Breverton (2004), Black Bart Roberts - The Greatest Pirate of Them All, Pelican, ISBN 9781455601219 
  • Terry Breverton (2004), The Pirate Disctionary, Pelican Publishing, ISBN 978-1589802438 
  • Terry Breverton; Rhys Parry (2004), Songs for Owain, Y Lolfa 
  • Terry Breverton (2005), Sir Henry Morgan - The Greatest Buccaneer of Them All, Glyndwr Publishing, ISBN 978-1903529171 
  • Terry Breverton; Phil Carradice (2007), Welsh Sailors of World War II, Glyndwr Publishing, ISBN 9781903529195 
  • William Williams; Terry Breverton (2007), The First American Novel: The Journal of Penrose, Seaman & the Book, Author and Letters in the Lilly Library, Glyndwr Publishing 
  • Alexandre Esqemeling; Terry Breverton (2008), The Illustrated Pirate Diaries: A Remarkable Eyewitness Account of Captain Morgan and the Buccaneers, Apple, ISBN 978-0061584480 
  • Terry Breverton (2009), Immortal Words: History's Most Memorable Quotations and the Stories Behind Them, Quercus History/Border, ISBN 978-1848660045 
  • Terry Breverton (2009), Owain Glyndwr - The Story of the Last Prince of Wales, Amberley s
  • Terry Breverton (2009), Wales - A Historical Companion, Amberley, ISBN 9781848683266 
  • Terry Breverton (2010), Breverton's Nautical Curiosities - A Book of the Sea, Quercus, ISBN 9781849166263 
  • Terry Breverton (2010), Immortal Last Words - History's Most Memorable Dying Remarks, Deathbed Declarations and Final Farewells, Quercus/Borders, ISBN 1849164789 
  • Terry Breverton (2010), Wales' 1000 Best Heritage Sites, Amberley, ISBN 9781848689916 
  • Terry Breverton (2011), Breverton's Phantasmagoria - A Compendium of Monsters, Myths and Legends, Quercus, ISBN 978-0857383372 
  • Terry Breverton (2011), Breverton's Complete Herbal - A Book of Remarkable Plants and Their Uses, Quercus, ISBN 978-0857383365 
  • Terry Breverton (2012), I Have a Dream - Inspiring Words and Thoughts from the World's Greatest Leaders, Quercus, ISBN 978-0857386205 
  • Terry Breverton (2012), Bird Watching - A Practical Guide, Parragon 
  • Terry Breverton (2012), Backyard Birds, Parragon 
  • Terry Breverton (2012), Breverton's Encyclopedia of Inventions, Quercus, ISBN 978-1780872391 
  • Terry Breverton (2012), The Welsh - The Biography, Amberley, ISBN 9781445608082 
  • Terry Breverton (2012), The Physicians of Myddfai - Cures and Remedies of the Medieval World, Cambria Books, ISBN 978-0957245990 
  • Terry Breverton (2013), Richard III - The King in the Car Park, Amberley, ISBN 9781445621111 
  • Terry Breverton (2013), Owain Glyndwr - The Story of the Last Prince of Wales - new edition, Amberley, ISBN 9781445614984 
  • Terry Breverton; William Williams (2014), The Journal of Penrose, Seaman - the New Robinson Crusoe, Cambria Books, ISBN 9780957679115 
  • Terry Breverton (2014), Breverton's First World War Curiosities, Amberley, ISBN 9781445633411 
  • Terry Breverton (2014), Jasper Tudor - Dynasty Maker, Amberley, ISBN 9781445633916 
  • Terry Breverton (2014), Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About the Tudors but Were Afraid to Ask, Amberley, ISBN 9781445638409 
  • Terry Breverton (2015), The Tudor Kitchen: What the Tudors Ate & Drank, Amberley Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4456-4875-0 

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