GRIMBALD IS A CURIOUS DREAMER OF A SAXON BOY. YET ACUTELY AWARE OF HIS SURROUNDINGS, HARBOURING UNKNOWN ABILITIES. HIS FATHER WANTS THE FAMILY TO MOVE TO ANGLE LAND IN THE HOPE OF BETTER PROSPECTS, AS TOO MANY YEARS HAVE PROVED DISAPPOINTING ON THE FARM. THE JOURNEY AND THE PEOPLE THEY COME TO MEET RESHAPES EVERYONE' S LIVES, AND NONE MORE SO THAN THE YOUNG BOY.
About The AuthorDAVID STILL WORKS AT 75YEARS OF AGE, THREE DAYS A WEEK. TEACHING ART SUBJECTS AND ALSO HAS A BUSINESS IN STAINED GLASS ART, WHICH HE HAS BEEN DOING FOR 36 YEARS. WRITING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LOVE OF HIS, AND THIS BOOK BEGAN ITS FIRST WALK OF THE PAGES ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO, HAVING BEEN EDITED MANY TIMES OVER. IT BEGAN THROUGH AN INTEREST AND CURIOSITY ABOUT THE DARK AGES, AND HE CHOSE TO FINISH A TAKE ON THE LIFE AND TIMES IN WHICH PEOPLE LIVED AND BEHAVED. TRYING NOT TO EQUATE NECESSARILY WITH PRESENT DAY TOO MUCH- THERE ARE MANY ELEMENTS WHICH COULD BE LABOURED OVER. HE WANTED TO KEEP A CERTAIN PACE IN THE EVENTS, LEAVING THE READER' S IMAGINATION TO FILL THE GAPS.