Last summer, in a packed church on a small island in Brittany, the local mayor presented an Englishman with the Medal of Groix, its name taken from the aforementioned island. The recipient was Christopher Edwards, an antiquarian bookseller who also happens to be my father.
He had done what various nationalities have urged the British Museum to do for generations: namely, return a stolen religious artefact. The religious artefact returned in this instance was the Parish Missal, used by the priest to say Mass and upon which he was dependent, and stolen in 1696.
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How the stolen Parish Missal was returned to the people of Groix
last summer, in a packed church on a small island in brittany, the local mayor presented an englishman with the medal of groix, its name tak...
Thomas Edwards
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