title: Bred of Heaven: One man's quest to reclaim his Welsh roots
author:  Jasper Rees 
description: A most entertaining and inspiring handbook for anyone who would really prefer to be Welsh - and who wouldn't? -- Jan Morris A lyrical book: funny, hugely enjoyable, often deeply moving. And he's learned what makes the Welsh tick. No mean feat for a man who's English by birth. -- John Humphrys An engaging, touching story told with humour and heart * Wanderlust * Wonderfully readable, warm, funny and very entertaining -- Steve Dube * Western Mail *
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  My story must begin when I boarded the Charming Molly at Bristol. Before that
  there's little to tell. My name is Jack, surnamed "Holborn" after the parish
  where I was found: for I had neither father nor mother who'd cared enough to
  leave me a name of their own.
  
  
  When I was old enough to stand without the aid of my hands, employment was
  found for them with a stony-fisted cobbler who did nothing but prate about my
  good fortune in being with him — and curse his own lack of it in having me