From its birth as a settlement at the lowest crossing point of the River Taff, via periods a Roman garrison, Anglo-Norman fortress, feudal lordship, booming coal port and post-industrial invalid, through to todays confident capital of a fledgling Welsh democracy, Cardiff has accrued layer upon layer of fascinating history.In Secret Cardiff local author and writer Tony Woolway goes behind the faades of the familiar to discover the lesser-known aspects of the citys long and illustrious past as he takes the reader on an enlightening and entertaining journey through its less well-known history, delving beneath the surface to