Dennis Humphreys, now retired, lives in a Victorian house with a large garden in South Devon. In his professional career, he was a lawyer specialising in planning law. He has always been an active musician, playing keyboards and the flute. He has a wide range of interests, including Astronomy, English and French literature and history.
He has always been fascinated by the age of King Arthur, the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasions of Britain and of the migration of Britons to Brittany. Dennis has made a detailed study of the early period of Christianity, and of the development and status of the Church in the later Roman Empire.
Who exactly was King Arthur? Why are there many Welsh and Cornish place names in Brittany? What role did the Church play following the fall of the Roman Empire?The novel gives answers by casting light upon this part of the ‘Dark Ages’ with a vivid picture of life in Britain and Brittany in the f...