In a medieval pageant, a young man encounters grave danger to himself and all future time

Dennis Hamley was born in 1935. He read English at Cambridge University and until 1992 was teacher and lecturer. In that year he retired early to become a full-time writer. Pageants of Despair was his first novel, published in 1974. He lives with his wife in Hertford, England. His new novel, Ellen's People, is published in the UK by Walker Books.