Geoff Boxell

Big Bold Beowulf (Grimm Tales, #1) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When South London schoolboy Jamie goes to Wimbledon to photocopy some pictures for his school project on the Old English poem 'Beowulf', he little thinks that his life will never quite be the same again. Deciding to exchange his bus fare home for a hamburger, Jamie somehow ends up in the company of a very weird old man for whom everything seems to have stopped in the time of the Anglo-Saxons. After being thrown out of the hamburger bar for creating a disturbance, the pair heads for Wimbledon Common. In between 'gathering tributes' of what seem to be other people's unattended food and drinks Grimm, the old man, tells Jamie what he claims to be an eye witness account of the story of Beowulf and the hero's battles with the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother in the damp of a Danish bog. Although Grimm's version is not quite the same as that told in the poem he claims that it is all true, well almost true.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Geoff Boxell
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780473332051
• Artikelnr.: 48564585

Autorenporträt

G'day,
At the age of seven I asked my mother about King Richard the Lion Heart. Her response was to give me an historical text book she was reading on the subject and tell him to find out for myself! From then on I have been addicted to English history. After leaving school, where the history topics I studied were dictated by my need to pass exams, I concentrated my efforts on the 17th century, with especial interest in the Civil War and Cromwell's Protectorate. However, in the mid '90's I changed direction and began studying Anglo-Saxon history. Since then the Hundred Years War, in particular the events in the reigns of Edward III and Richard II have caught my interest. As a result of this I am now involved with the SCA Canton of Cluain, Barony of Ildhafn, Kingdom of Lochac. I have more than one persona, but my usual one is that of a yeoman archer in the retinue of Sir Allan de Buxhall, KG, Constable of the Tower of London. I run my own Household within the Barony - The Wulfings.
Until Government cut backs I regularly acted as a guest lecturer for the Waikato University covering English history topics from the coming of the English to the Restoration.
Whilst I spent most of my early career in telecommunications, I later joined the University of Waikato running an experimental 'virtual' unit providing education in technology management and innovation. After leaving the University I worked on various technology related contracts but am now retired.
I am active Christian and attend the Te Awamutu Bible Chapel. For many years I have been involved in youth work for the church.
Born in England, my wife and I moved to New Zealand in 1969. We have three sons and five grandchildren. We live on a large section with lots of trees and flowers and spend a lot of our time working in the garden. Naturally, as an archer, I have an archery butt at the bottom of the grounds.