Anselm and Neslin

Two children from a village in the late Middle Ages are forced to ee through a false accusation and an unjust trial. An adventurous odyssey begins for them leading them through the trials and tribulations of that time. With the Travelling People they nd their way to foreign lands, experience witch trials and plagues, are taken into the care of monks and nally travel with merchants across the Mediterranean to faraway Egypt. Breathtaking experiences follow, which continue on the journey from Alexandria to Cairo, to the pyramids and to Upper Egypt. In a traumatic state, the boy Anselm experiences in Aswn the dangers of another time in another universe. The return journey across the Nile, the Mediterranean and through Italy is similarly adventurous until, after three years, the children, who have now grown into adolescents, and their companions reach their home village again.

In this book, readers learn a great deal about the way of life of people in the Middle Ages

Autorentext
Rolf Esser, Jahrgang 1948, ist im Hauptberuf Lehrer und inzwischen pensioniert. Er unterrichtete an einer integrierten Gesamtschule in den Fächern Deutsch, Gesellschaftslehre, Kunst und Musik. Seit etwa 1990 war er für verschiedene Verlage als Autor im Bereich Unterrichtsmaterialien tätig. Darüber hinaus war er immer künstlerisch und musikalisch aktiv. Neben der Ausstellung seiner Kunstwerke (zuletzt im Osthaus-Museum Hagen) spielte er viele Jahre als Schlagzeuger und Gitarrist in Bands seiner Heimatstadt. Rolf Esser hat inzwischen drei Jugendromane, einen Roman für Kinder, zwei Kriminalromane, eine Kurzgeschichtensammlung, ein Sachbuch für Musiker und eine Reihe von verschiedenen Unterrichtsmaterialien veröffentlicht.

Klappentext

Two children from a village in the late Middle Ages are forced to ee through a false accusation and an unjust trial. An adventurous odyssey begins for them leading them through the trials and tribulations of that time. With the Travelling People they nd their way to foreign lands, experience witch trials and plagues, are taken into the care of monks and nally travel with merchants across the Mediterranean to faraway Egypt. Breathtaking experiences follow, which continue on the journey from Alexandria to Cairo, to the pyramids and to Upper Egypt. In a traumatic state, the boy Anselm experiences in Asw n the dangers of another time in another universe. The return journey across the Nile, the Mediterranean and through Italy is similarly adventurous until, after three years, the children, who have now grown into adolescents, and their companions reach their home village again.