Gwent industrial heritageThe fascinating history of industry in this historic Welsh county. Chris Barber has compiled this richly illustrated book to provide an insight into the important industrial history of this area.

This memoir (written in 1939) begins in 1914 when the family summer holiday is cut short by the outbreak of war

The Times of Tewdric - Britannia Slides into 'The Dark Ages'

and all thoughtfully

The other secretly passes for white

she tries to demur

while also on board are Sara Wessel

tensions and suspicions - the sort of atmosphere where mistakes could be made

at the age of 16

'like somebody's elderly Aunt Lavinia

And she does

The reader decides

the only child of a widowed general