The Eisteddfod, first published in 1990 as part of the University of Wales Press's Writers of Wales series, presents the history of the National Eisteddfod to an English-speaking audience.
Hywel Teifi Edwards was a Welsh academic and historian, and an author in the Welsh language. He was the father of BBC newsreader Huw Edwards.
Born and brought up in Llanddewi, Aberarth, Ceredigion, Edwards attended Aberaeron Grammar School and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. He taught Welsh at Garw Grammar School, where he met his wife Aerona, before becoming a lecturer in Welsh literature at University of Wales, Swansea.
He stood twice for Parliament as a Plaid Cymru candidate.