In fifteenth-century Normandy a peasant boy, Gabriel Viaud, takes work at the abbey grinding colours for Brother Stephen, who is painting a precious book of hours. The finished volume, bound in violet velvet and gold, travels to the Lady Anne, and Gabriel’s quiet devotion sets off a chain of events reaching all the way to the king.
A small, jewel-like historical story that teaches young readers how medieval manuscripts were made. Download the free EPUB.