The Duke related how the monks had left at the Dissolution of the Monasteries and how they then returned when Queen Elizabeth came to the throne and The Abbey then became more influential than it had ever been before.
“I suppose the Roundheads must have done a great deal of damage,” Zelda asked him.
“It would help me to tell the story if I knew more about the Roundheads,” the Duke said. “The historians in England always seem to start their history about the reign of Queen Anne and ignore what happened previously.”
“I feel that is rather scathing, Your Grace, but I am really interested in this wonderful building and I only hope you will sit down and write a book about it if there is not one already at hand.”
“There are such books available undoubtedly, but I have never thought of writin
