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Article: Books: Saints, Nelson's navy, the society of Gower and spas.(Features)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- June 22, 2002
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Byline: meic stephens
One of the pleasures of writing this column is that, from time to time, I come across books that otherwise might have escaped my notice. The pleasure is all the greater when I discover writing that is fine and polished and admirably suited to its subject and well worth the effort that is required in reading it.
The Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association was founded in 1847 and is the oldest society of its kind in Wales. Its founder, an industrialist named John Edward Lee, intended the Association to form a museum ...