The author, Mark Grinsted MA (cantab), is equally at home in Germany and England. After attaining a degree in philosophy at Cambridge, he moved to Germany in the early 1970s, where he has lived in the Rhine-Main area ever since. Inspired by the proximity to Darmstadt and Wolfsgarten Hunting Lodge, he has for many years been interested the close ties between the British and German royal families in the 19th century. Please feel free to visit the blog at cdw.grinsted.de for further information and for discussions on the subjects contained in the books.
