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Launch of Book on Almina, Countess of Carnarvon 19 July 2011 OFFICIAL LAUNCH : 2pm Wednesday 20 July 2011 Launch of " The Life and Secrets of Almina Carnarvon" : A candid biography of the 5th Countess of Carnarvon of Tutankhamun fame, from Newport writer, William Cross, FSA Scot.
The official launch will be held in the Castle Room of the Newport Centre, 1. Kingsway Newport, NP20 1UH on Wednesday 20 July at 2pm. This event is under the auspices of Newport's Hard of Hearing Club.
A part of any sales that day will go to the Hard of Hearing Club. For reviews of the book see below.
PROMOTIONAL EVENT/ TALK : 2.30pm Friday 22 July 2011 at Newport Central Library, 4 John Frost Square Newport, NP20 1PA. ( This event is under the auspices of Newport City Libraries who charge £2 per talk )
"Lady Carnarvon’s Nursing Homes: A Bygone Relic of the "National Wealth Service”: An Illustrated Talk from Will Cross. Newport writer William Cross, FSA Scot, (Lady Carnarvon’s biographer) has made a special study of Almina, Countess of Carnarvon’s private nursing homes 1914-1943. Dubbed the founder of “The National Wealth Service”, Almina was first attracted to nursing wounded Officers in the Great War. Later her somewhat wayward homes treated the Royal Family, the rich, famous and Society’s scandalous figures. Who were Almina’s most noted patients? What famous folk were born or died under her tender care? The quirky, the sad, and the unbelievable, can all now be revealed. There will be an opportunity to buy a signed copy of Will’s book “The Life and Secrets of Almina Carnarvon" |  |
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